Which OS for slightly dated pc?

jozi

I'm probably going to reinstall my windows over the next few weeks (been a long time since I've done this) as it's getting a bit bogged down and needs a good clean up!

Pc spec isn't the greatest by todays standards:
AMD Athlon X3 440 3ghz
8GB Ram (I might look into adding another 8GB)
GeFroce 8800 GTS
Samsun SSD 850 Evo 250GB

Main use is for Lightroom and some Photoshop, plex server and general browsing. I use Revit on it occasionally and quite slow compared to my work pc - large models and older spec than work pc

Currently running Win 7 which seems fine but it's a little old at this point? Would I feel/see any benefits upgrading to Win 8/8.1 or Win 10? Will either free up a little ram and run smoother over Win 7?

ED E

Doubt it would make an appreciable differences and getting proper drivers for the mobo/GPU could be a headache.

jozi

Now that you mention drivers, I don't think my Creative xfi pro card is compatible with win 8-10 either.

Would I be better of sticking in an additional 8gb and have 16gb total?

Robert ninja

jozi wrote: »

Currently running Win 7 which seems fine but it's a little old at this point? Would I feel/see any benefits upgrading to Win 8/8.1 or Win 10? Will either free up a little ram and run smoother over Win 7?

You wouldn't see many benefits. Windows 7 is the XP of its time. Reliable.

If you're up for trying some non-windows alternatives to those apps, I suggest a linux distro which seem to be drastically less demanding of resources, even drive space.
Revit
Lightroom
Photoshop

Otherwise i'd reccomend just stick with W7. Give it a clean installation if you wish and always remember to turn off as many non-essential startup applications & services with msconfig. If your windows came with a lot of bloatware it's worth uninstalling all of it, too.

beauf

If I was you I'd do a clean install on Windows 7 and be happy with that.

I can't think of anything in 8/10 I need over 7. Tbh I think 7 is a lot less cluttered.
Windows 8~10 are a mess with options scattered all over the place.

I wouldn't bother with Linux, and I would upgrade the hardware in this machine. Start saving for a new machine.

Johnboy1951

Robert ninja wrote: »

You wouldn't see many benefits. Windows 7 is the XP of its time. Reliable.

If you're up for trying some non-windows alternatives to those apps, I suggest a linux distro which seem to be drastically less demanding of resources, even drive space.
Revit
Lightroom
Photoshop

Otherwise i'd reccomend just stick with W7. Give it a clean installation if you wish and always remember to turn off as many non-essential startup applications & services with msconfig. If your windows came with a lot of bloatware it's worth uninstalling all of it, too.

Error 502 from those links

Xterminator

Looking at those specs, a clean win7 install should run absolutely fine.

i have run win 8 & 10 on work pc's that were due a refresh and never have i felt that they worked better than a win7 refresh. However i havebseen a linux distro like linux mint give life to an otherwise destined for the scrap heap pc or laptop.

Revit and Photoshop etc are notoriously heavy apps, that do demand a bit from your workstation, and your expectations may need to be set realistically.

beauf

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Error 502 from those links

All work for me...

Johnboy1951

beauf wrote: »

All work for me...

Just tried one again and it works now.

Thanks.