Upgrade two Toshiba laptops

J_B

EveryWhere wrote: »

Now I'm off to the beach.

Isn't that rather selfish when I may have further questions?






Although, fingers crossed, there won't be any more! :rotfl:

EveryWhere

J_B wrote: »

Isn't that rather selfish when I may have further questions?






Although, fingers crossed, there won't be any more! :rotfl:

Nope...I was already under pressure to leave.

Anyway, now I'm home.

J_B

EveryWhere wrote: »

Anyway, now I'm home.

Welcome back


Two SSD's ordered - will try to fit next week.


Thanks for advice/help thus far.

EveryWhere

J_B wrote: »

Welcome back


Two SSD's ordered - will try to fit next week.


Thanks for advice/help thus far.

Send me the unwanted Toshiba Satellite L500 19x without the HDD, I'll stick an SSD within and put it to good use.

shaun_from_Africa

I'm currently using a Toshiba Satellite L655-128 which is about 9 years old (and possibly a bit more).
A couple of years ago I replaced the 500GB HDD with a 120GB SSD (which cost about £50 at the time) and it still has the original 4GB of RAM.
A few hours to clone the drive, 5 minutes to actually swop it over and it's been running perfectly since.

From when I press the start button to when the laptop is fully powered up and ready to use is about 15 seconds it's more than quick enough for anything I ever need to do with it.

J_B

EveryWhere wrote: »

Send me the unwanted Toshiba Satellite L500 19x without the HDD, I'll stick an SSD within and put it to good use.

but .... my mum told me not to speak to strangers.

EveryWhere

J_B wrote: »

but .... my mum told me not to speak to strangers.

Does this mean that I have to go to Cyprus again?

poppellerant

I wouldn't substitute RAM with an SSD, simply because SSD drives are slower than RAM. Also putting excess strain on them when you don't need will shorten their lifespan.

As it currently stands, the system doesn't have a great deal of memory in the first place. So it is going to use the pagefile on the SSD far more regularly than a system that has a sufficient, or more, amount of memory.

My own recommendation would be to install at least 8GB of RAM, then install an SSD drive. This ought to keep the pagefile use on the SSD to a minimum while keeping your system responsive.

EveryWhere

poppellerant wrote: »

I wouldn't substitute RAM with an SSD, simply because SSD drives are slower than RAM. Also putting excess strain on them when you don't need will shorten their lifespan.

As it currently stands, the system doesn't have a great deal of memory in the first place. So it is going to use the pagefile on the SSD far more regularly than a system that has a sufficient, or more, amount of memory.

My own recommendation would be to install at least 8GB of RAM, then install an SSD drive. This ought to keep the pagefile use on the SSD to a minimum while keeping your system responsive.

Nonsense! No one is substituting. You haven't even ascertained whether more RAM is necessary.

General usage won't utilise more than 4GB of RAM in the first instance.
Secondly, put two identically specified laptops next to each other, though one with 4GB of RAM and SSD and the other with 8GB or RAM and HDD and see which performs better.
If you were right, the device with 8GB of RAM would load the OS more quickly, but it does not.
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As to wear on SSD, from which century are you posting? Even the lowliest Samsung EVO 860 is rated a 150 TBW, which equates to around 40 GB read/write daily for ten years.

Sorry, but you are way off base of this one.

More RAM if you can see via Task Manager that you are exceeding physical RAM. Otherwise it's just a vanity for most.
Of course if RAM is cheap, then why not? But I would always put SSD before RAM, for general usage, if 4GB is already installed.
SSD first, RAM after.

poppellerant

EveryWhere wrote: »

Nonsense! No one is substituting. You haven't even ascertained whether more RAM is necessary.

General usage won't utilise more than 4GB of RAM in the first instance.
Secondly, put two identically specified laptops next to each other, though one with 4GB of RAM and SSD and the other with 8GB or RAM and HDD and see which performs better.
If you were right, the device with 8GB of RAM would load the OS more quickly, but it does not.
What are you thinking??

As to wear on SSD, from which century are you posting? Even the lowliest Samsung EVO 860 is rated a 150 TBW, which equates to around 40 GB read/write daily for ten years.

Sorry, but you are way off base of this one.

More RAM if you can see via Task Manager that you are exceeding physical RAM. Otherwise it's just a vanity for most.
Of course if RAM is cheap, then why not? But I would always put SSD before RAM, for general usage, if 4GB is already installed.
SSD first, RAM after.

Isn't ignorance bliss when it suits you most? That is as much effort as your post deserves from me.