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Recommend a pc for web browsing and office
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15-08-2012 09:55PM#1
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Thanks lads . I have 2 gb of ram at present . Is that sufficient for windows 7.
More than
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If you know anybody in college they can purchase windows seven a lot cheaper for you, like half the price of what it is normally. 2gb of ram is only like 20 quid. Or do what previous post says!
A little bit more than that but still affordable.
The Vostro 200 has 4 slots and it can take PC5300 or PC6400. Knowing the cheapskates at Dell, there is probably 2 x 1 GB DDR2 PC5300 installed. 1 GB is the maximum per slot.
A matching kit (2GB Transcend Jetram DDR2 667MHz PC2-5300 (CL5) Dual Channel memory kit) kosts €35 at shop4memory.com in Kildare (free delivery).
Before you buy, check the type of memory currently installed. IIRC the BIOS will tell you the memory speed (667 or 800 MHz) or download SIW, go to Hardware > Memory and find the information there.0 -
I've been using a 2.0 Ghz Core2Duo for years. But moving to a 3Ghz Core2Duo speeded up browsing a lot. I think websites are much more demanding on processors these days. Well at least the ones I uses.
Dunno which sites you're visiting???
3 FF sessions here with 60+ tabs open and my C2D is hardly reaching 10%...P4 kinda struggle unless they are 2.8Ghz+.
A P4 maybe, but we're dealing here at least with an E2180, which is a second generation dual core Pentium from the same era as the Core 2 Duo.Granted a SSD speeds up even old machines, but they are pricey and have limited storage. But you can take it with you to your next machine.
As nice as SSDs are, they're not a necessity for basic requirements as described by the OP.But bear in mind you can pick up a 2nd hand PC which is much faster than your own, for cheaper than upgrading your own PC. Then sell your own PC making a 2nd hand newer machine even cheaper. Be careful some people are looking looney prices for old machines.
A 2nd hand improvement for the OPs current machine would be a high GHz C2D or a 1st gen. Core i3... those are not exactly cheap and you're still buying the cat in the bag. No, that Vostro is by no means a bad machine for the OP's requirements. With 4 GB RAM and a decent OS it should be good for at least another 3-4 years.0 -
I'm only giving alternative options.Dunno which sites you're visiting???
3 FF sessions here with 60+ tabs open and my C2D is hardly reaching 10%...
Having many pages open is a memory issue. Its the speed of rendering pages initially I was talking about.A P4 maybe, but we're dealing here at least with an E2180, which is a CPU of the second generation dual core Pentiums from the same era as the Core 2 Duo.
I know. I was just throwing that is a comparison, P4, low core duo, higher core 2 duo, and my impression of speed when browsing the web with them.As nice as SSDs are, they're not a necessity for basic requirements as described by the OP.
Maybe but they do make a system even an old one feel faster. At a cost. Which I pointed out.A 2nd hand improvement for the OPs current machine would be a high GHz C2D or a 1st gen. Core i3... those are not exactly cheap and you're still buying the cat in the bag. No, that Vostro is by no means a bad machine for what the OP needs it. 4 GB RAM and a decent OS freshly installed should be good for at least another 3-4 years.
I've bought a number mid to high end C2D machines from 2.4 to 3ghz and 4GB of ram all for 80~150 euro. Then sold an old machine for about 50% of that. The newer machine has more RAM, faster RAM, faster BUS, more cache, better HD than the old one. For me it makes things feel faster than the old machine.
My only point was be careful spending money on upgrades on older machines there maybe little cost between that and simply buying a newer machine and sell the old one to offset the cost. Its just another option to consider.
Bear in mind. You can build a new Intel 1155 machine for 260 ish. Link
I'd also go with a new OS. XP or Windows 7 is much faster than Vista. Simply reinstalling windows often makes a machine much faster as you clear out all the crud. I found the Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7 thats even on a Core2Duo 1.5 with 2G GB of RAM. But I had to install Classic shell to give me back my desktop and start menu from Windows XP/7 into Windows 8.0 -
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Maybe but they do make a system even an old one feel faster. At a cost. Which I pointed out.
Here is what I'd do:
Throw in a cheap 64 GB SSD, plenty space for the OS and software and use the old platter HDD as storage., Then, with 4 GB RAM, I'd create a 256 or 512 MB RAM disk and use it as sandbox container. Running the web browser sandboxed (apart from the obvious security benefits) in a RAM disk will speed up matters tremendously, as all caching will happen in the system memory which is plenty times faster than any SSD (this neat little trick also saves the precious SSD from the browser's write-request madness). 0 -
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