Laptop a bit slow

[Kray Z]

Anything that i can do to make my laptop faster? i got a x64 W7 Premium 160 HDD and 4RAM AMD Its pretty slow and need some more performance.

 

[whs]

Install an SSD - e.g. this one: Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

[Kray Z]

Install an SSD - e.g. this one: Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Do you really think that ima buy a 200$ program? That suppose-ably will help.

 

[whs]

This is not a program. It is a solid state disk to replace your HDD which is most likely the bottleneck. I bet it is a slow 5400RPM HDD.

I can guarantee that this will really make a significant difference. I replaced the HDDs in 5 of my systems with SSDs. Would never go back to HDDs.

There are, of course, little system tweaks you can do here and there. But that will give you only marginal benefits. You would have to tell us more details about the slowness so that we can make suggestions.

 

[Kray Z]

I cant be wasting money right now i just need some way to speed my PC up abit.

 

[whs]

I cant be wasting money right now i just need some way to speed my PC up abit.

Understand. But you have to give us more details of which parts you consider too slow - boot time, time to call programs, Internet operations, etc.

PS: if you ever get funds, an SSD is the best investment for performance you can make. No other combination of components for the same money will yield equal improvements.

 

[Kray Z]

Well the problem is that when i have a couple things open and i open something else or when i open the internet it starts goin a bit slow im not sure why but my best guess is that i have AMD and im like 25GB left of space left.

 

[whs]

What AMD processor is that. And 25GB on the HDD is OK. The minimum free space you should have is 16GB (in decimal) What is all this stuff you have on the disk. The system and programs should not take more than 20GBs.

It would help if you posted the specs of your system - CPU, RAM (4GB ??), HDD, graphics, DSL specs.

 

[Kray Z]

AMD V120 2.2 GHz, 1 Core 4GB RAM, Graphics AMD M880G With ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250.

 

[whs]

Well, at least you will not get a lot of paging activity with the 4GB of RAM. But in multitasking you are limited because your CPU has only 1 core and 2.2 GHz is relatively slow - even a Pentium4 is faster - and that is an old CPU from 6 years ago.

The graphics is normal for that type of low end laptop. It will do the normal jobs - useless for gaming though.

For your internet sluggishness I suggest you take this line test: Speed Test : upload and download | DSLReports.com, ISP Information (pick the node that is closest to you). Then post the results of upload/download speeds and we'll see.

Bottom line: I don't think there is anything wrong with your PC. It is not a barnstormer by design. Some of the usual recommendations like reducing the number of startup programs will not even help. You have plenty of RAM to accomodate those startups.

Who sold you that laptop. I am just wondering because it is an unusual configuration compared to what is common these days.

 

[Kray Z]

I bought it at Best Buy it came with 3GB RAM and i added another.My internet speeds : Download is 19Mbps Upload is 4Mbps.Internet speeds fine but its my PC and it gets hot too, so i don't know if the fans not working properly or what.

 

[whs]

The internet measurements look good. The heat from the laptop is a pretty common problem. I solved mine by installing SSDs in 3 laptops (because the HDD is one of the heat producers). But that is a big investment. A cheaper solution is a chill pad like this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=8954483487138081815&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=chill+pad&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

It lowers the temp by appr. 5 to 10 degrees Celsius. The one I used for a while was a Targus.

To get an exact reading on the temps, make a measurement with e.g. Core Temp: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

 

[Kray Z]

So ill need a chill pad. Alrighty thx.

 

[whs]

So ill need a chill pad. Alrighty thx.

Maybe or maybe not. If your temps are below 70C at all times, there is no need to do anything. Sometimes one has the impression of too much heat because the trackpad and the parts near to it are in metal that transmits heat very well. The only way to find out the real story is by measuring the temps.

 

[samurusawyer]

Delete Temp Files to speed up PC

Click the start button. In the search field type the following %temp%. This opens the temp folder.

Hold down the control key to highlight a few files or multiple files.

If you wish to delete all the temp files, press Control +A. This will highlight all files. Then press delete.

This sends all files to the recycle bin where you can get rid of them permanently.