PC is slow, any low costs suggestions?

toshi

Neil_Jones wrote: »

You could probably replace the mechanical drive with an SSD to give a bit of a boost but don't expect miracles.

I agree that the SSD is the remedy, and I actually think you might feel like a miracle.

Your SSD computer will boot less than 10-20 seconds, you can open an internet browser in a couple of seconds. Your computer will become very responsive, thanks to an SSD.

As people here say, I also will not buy your spec. But I have installed an SSD to 10 years dual core desktop computer, the CPU of which is less powerful than your CPU, but my 10 years old computer became completely useable after the SSD installation.

https://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/compatible-upgrade-for/ASUS/k20ce#SSDFilters

Fortunately ASUS K20CD uses a standard 2.5 inch SATA DRIVE.

I would buy Crucial MX500 250GB or Crucial MX500 500GB (5 years warranty) you can get them at Amazon as well. 500GB SSD used to be around £150, now less than half price ! :j

It this your PC ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3baie-h6mfU

How to install an SSD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dbNlXvO_0

When you copy (clone) data from your hard disk to a new SSD, you may use DVD drive cable (disconnect a SATA cable from the DVD drive to connect to a new SSD, then you don't have to buy any cable)


Happy new year and computing

debitcardmayhem

toshi wrote: »

I agree that the SSD is the remedy, and I actually think you might feel like a miracle.

Even if my Download speed is 1.2 Mbps?

Your SSD computer will boot less than 10-20 seconds, you can open an internet browser in a couple of seconds. Your computer will become very responsive, thanks to an SSD.

Even if it is riddled with malware?
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Perhaps you could address the thread title first

PC is slow, any low costs suggestions?

Slow to boot , slow to browse the internet an SSD is not the be all and end all until you address these first before suggesting spending money on an upgrade. A clean install of windows might help, but get more info before suggesting "happy SSD computing" .
Yes it's not a flying machine, but the OP must have been happy when bought.

poppellerant

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Your SSD computer will boot less than 10-20 seconds, you can open an internet browser in a couple of seconds. Your computer will become very responsive, thanks to an SSD.

Even if it is riddled with malware?

If the OP were to buy an SSD, I would imagine a clean installation would be the next logical step after installation of the SSD. This is the most sensible option for two reasons in my eyes:

1. The OP just has to remove their current hard drive with it's contents from the PC and maybe even use a USB to SATA device to retrieve their data once Windows has been installation.
2. They will benefit from a clean installation of Windows which won't have the potential bloat that might be slowing the machine down right now.

OP, if you don't have USB stick which is 8GB or more, add it to your shopping list. You can use this very cheap and one-off purchase to install Windows from.

EveryWhere

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Even if my Download speed is 1.2 Mbps?Even if it is riddled with malware?
........


Perhaps you could address the thread title first Slow to boot , slow to browse the internet an SSD is not the be all and end all until you address these first before suggesting spending money on an upgrade. A clean install of windows might help, but get more info before suggesting "happy SSD computing" .
Yes it's not a flying machine, but the OP must have been happy when bought.

To be fair, Internet bandwidth doesn't affect boot up speeds and he wouldn't have any malware after a clean install to SSD.

SSD are so cheap these days, that makes it a viable remedy in itself.
After from that, no PC should be sold with an HDD as a boot drive. So SSD should be fitted as a matter of course in most instances.

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if you do not want to fork out cash, and want a little extra speed - do not expect much, but it is free
1. uninstall unused and unwanted software
2a. run malware bytes
2b, run chkdsk c: /r /f
3. run ccleaner
4. defrag the registry hives
5. defrag the hdd
6. defrag the mft

if you do splurge and buy a new hdd, install from new, rather than copying your old disk with its problems over

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Neil_Jones wrote: »

You could probably replace the mechanical drive with an SSD to give a bit of a boost but don't expect miracles.

SSD is the miracle cure for just about any PC - not just a bit of a boost for any cheap and nasty, but a transformation. I happily run Photoshop and Cubase recording software on my cheap and cheerful Dell processor i5 bought in 2011 now running Windows 10.

In my time I've experimented with more memory, but Windows just gets bogged down with anti-virus, version checking and so on all demanding the disk when you are also trying to use it, so then it gets into swapping hell as each of these tasks starts kicking the other out to disk, and because they are slow, the backlog gets worse. This PC sometimes would take half an hour to become usable after a restart, and it took so long to write the memory out to disk that the hibernation mode simply failed if it was short of power.

The only trouble with SSD is the actual process of swapping the disk, depending on whether you have the gadget to attach it (a desktop will not be a problem).

Frozen_up_north

If you have that awful banking app “Trusteer Endpoint Protection”, remove it. Also review the settings for your anti-virus/malware software as some check, double check, check on-line, every darn file on startup...

While an SSD will help a little, you forget how fast a clean install of Windows can be before it gets weighed down with “extras”.

onomatopoeia99

fred246 wrote: »

Years ago I used to do an annual reinstall of Windows. Partly because it was far cheaper to buy a new Norton Security disk than it was to renew my current one. It also meant I did an annual backup of important documents. It's always much faster after a reinstall.

Oh goodness no. It's only faster after a reinstall if you install a load of crapware, BHOs and such like. That's not indicative of a problem with Windows, it's indicative of a problem with the user (OSX suffers in the same way if the user clogs up their shiny Mac with crapware, contrary to the opinions of some Apple fanbois).

amcg100

1. Buy a copy of PC pro February 2019 to get free software.
2. Install Iolo System Mechanic 17.5
3. Use programme to clean up PC
Simples

Neil_Jones

amcg100 wrote: »

1. Buy a copy of PC pro February 2019 to get free software.
2. Install Iolo System Mechanic 17.5
3. Use programme to clean up PC
Simples

Not "simples", programs like System Mechanic and Reg Cleaner and other similar related things are all pieces of junk that don't actually fix anything. The slowness in this thread's case is hardware related, no software solution will fix that.