PLEASE HELP - should change my entire system or just upgrade

[nanotech]

Will try that
Thank you

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hello

Will this work on my system

G.SKILL DDR3-1866 PC3-14900 16G RAM

I am being offered 4 X 4 sticks for CDN $65 = USD $ 55

I like to try this and the SSD over the weekend

Thanks

Should be just fine. Seems like a good deal too!

Do the SSD and RAM upgrades separately as I suspect you won't notice any benefit from the RAM upgrade.

Not in the context of initial system snappiness, but in apps that have a large memory footprint, yes. As apps fill up RAM during use the system will have to swap to the main storage A LOT less with 16gb VS the 8GB they have now.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Not in the context of initial system snappiness, but in apps that have a large memory footprint, yes. As apps fill up RAM during use the system will have to swap to the main storage A LOT less with 16gb VS the 8GB they have now.

OP will be going to 24 GB. No need to remove the 4 x 2GBs that are installed.

 

[nanotech]

I read this online ..................................
Is it correct ?

All 6GB/s drives on the X79

Plug your SSD in one of them - as close as possible to the RAM

PS remember if you are installing windows onto the SSD do not have the mechanical drives connected until windows is done installing

Having them connected while installing windows can screw up the installation as windows doesn't recognise SSDs as standard

Also remember to have AHCI enabled in the BIOS.

OP will be going to 24 GB. No need to remove the 4 x 2GBs that are installed.

I am not entirely sure if I can use all the RAM slots because of the Cooler

I will have to check

I was actually thinking of removing the 4X2 GB sticks and installing the 4X4 sticks because of the space issue

But I will open the system and see if I can have the RAM sit directly under the CPU Cooler - it seems pretty tight at first glance

 

[Radu Steven]

Hello
I currently have a Full size Cooler Master HAF X case with the following build components
ASUS P9X79 Pro motherboard
Intel i7 3820 3.6 GHz. CPU - Socket 2011 LGA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 gpu - 2 GB
2 X 4 GB sticks of Kingston DDR3 RAM - 799 MHz
1 TB Western Digital Hard Drive - old and tired
Running windows 10 64 bit OS

The system is slow and cranky
Applications take too long to start and respond

I am not at all hardware savvy or software savvy

I do NOT have any security software protection at all

I run Registry Mechanic and Glary Utilities often

I am NOT a gamer - do NOT play at all

But I use my computer a lot for business and surfing

I need it to be very very RELIABLE and FAST

I DO use graphics software like Corel Draw and sometime Adobe graphics products to fix graphics files

I use a lot of office productivity tools and Customer Relations Management software

I use Acrobat Pro to create and edit pdfs and a lot of graphics file edits

I surf a lot with literally 30 windows open all at once

BUT my computer seems very tired and I think I need an upgrade

I am very confused about whether I should change my entire system or just upgrade

PLEASE advise with detail suggestions on specific hardware

I do NOT mind USED components

I am on a BUDGET

Thank you

Yacob

Buy a 250 or 500gb ssd from a reputable brand, ssd's have come down in price a lot and it's an great way to speed up your computer.
Also get faster memory since 800 is really slow for ddr3 and even get a 16gb of ram since you mentioned that you have a lot of tabs open
Get rid of crappy apps and get Malwarebites or bit defender, maybe even do a Windows 10 for workstation install
And lastly update at least the graphics card and network drivers