What to do? WEI enclosed


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    What to do? WEI enclosed


    So here it is. Now, what do I do about it? This box that I built seems slower than a previous one I built 6 years ago. Anything I do will probably cost more than I can pay. For instance, this box has DDR2 memory at 800MHz. If I upgrade the expensive DDR2 to a higher memory speed I don't know how much increase in WEI I'll get. If I spend about 90$ US I can replace the CPU. What to do?
    What to do? WEI enclosed-wei_7for.png
    Last edited by lisa374; 12 Aug 2013 at 12:10. Reason: line wrap clean up
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    Hi Lisa,

    If you want to speed the PC up dramatically then I would not bother with the ram or cpu, for those I would recommend saving up for a while and upgrading the cpu, motherboard and ram all together.

    My suggestion is to get yourself a nice Solid State drive, this will speed the PC up no end! It will boot up in no time at all and everything will be considerably more responsive.
    They are not too expensive now either.

    Paul.
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    Thanks Paul. Have been waiting 2 years. Always something else to buy. I'm salavating over a new monitor that I can properly color calibrate, so I can correct my images; and then there's the new calibrator to buy and then finally I may get to this slow box. I thought I'd tweeked the settings enough, but maybe not. Also thinking about OC'ing the thing. But then I really don't want to toast it Perhaps a good 128GB SSD wouldn't be too expensive. Retirement is almost as bad as being a university student, not lol.
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    Hi Lisa,

    A new monitor is always a good thing to get, after all it's the thing you look at the most lol.

    Although I am a bit of an overclocking nutter myself, for your system I don't think it would really be very beneficial, certainly not to a point where you would really notice any difference. And of course you need to think seriously about cooling when overclocking.

    If you are on a budget then I think that an SSD will offer the best performance increase for the money. And yes 128GB will do the job nicely. If you look around online there are always ones on special offer and they can be had pretty cheap.

    I was online today looking at them infact (just for interest really), my first SSD that I bought a few years back cost me £140 for 60GB! The one I saw today was a 128GB for £65. They are really a good buy at those kind of prices.

    Paul.
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    My score is 5.9 and unless I get an SSD it will not go any higher. The rest of my numbers are 7.6.
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    I'll second the idea of an SSD. It can provide better returns than a CPU/RAM upgrade combined. Also, 2GB is the bare minimum I would run Windows 7 on, so keeping an eye on your RAM usage will tell you if you are running out and it is hitting the hard drive or not. I'm guessing you probably are sometime or another. An SSD offers real world performance increases in almost everything you do, with the falling prices, it is hands down the best bang-for-the-buck upgrade!
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    Gary said:
    My score is 5.9 and unless I get an SSD it will not go any higher. The rest of my numbers are 7.6.
    5.9 is as high as a mechanical hard drive can score in Win7.
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    Thanks


    Thanks to all of those of you who posted replies to my missive. I guess I'll just have to prowl the ads and see if I can't pick up a SSD. At least it will be useful for any other box I may obtain.
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    lisa374 said:
    Thanks to all of those of you who posted replies to my missive. I guess I'll just have to prowl the ads and see if I can't pick up a SSD. At least it will be useful for any other box I may obtain.
    I think that's the best plan. A 128gb or so ssd for the os and your spinner for data. Your 6.8 gpu is not that bad. I have one box that is 6.8/6.8 gpu and another that's 7.5/7.5. In everyday work I see little difference, there is a difference in games. After a new monitor look for a cpu/mobo combo.
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