Worth upgrading and if so what?

EveryWhere

itwasntme001 wrote: »

Just ordered everything - 8gb ram, 250gb ssd (the crucial one), mount and SATA cable all for under £80 delivered. I thought i might as well get the RAM whilst i am upgrading since its the faster 1333MHz one plus doubling RAM which would mean there should be absolutely no issues from a memory perspective.

MX 500 250 GB; £41.44, 8GB RAM £21, Mounting kit £3. SATA cable £2. That's under £68.

itwasntme001

EveryWhere wrote: »

MX 500 250 GB; £41.44, 8GB RAM £21, Mounting kit £3. SATA cable £2. That's under £68.

I decided to spend an extra £10 on brand new kingston memory as a safer option.

EveryWhere

itwasntme001 wrote: »

I decided to spend an extra £10 on brand new kingston memory as a safer option.

That explains it

itwasntme001

Got the SSD drive and mount/cable today so i decided to fit it in. Everything installed and works much more smoothly and fast compared to before. Boot times have gone down a lot. Its as if its a brand new PC. Will give it some time for my Dad to use it and see what he thinks but so far so good. Very pleased.


Am thinking of cancelling the RAM since it has not arrived yet. Will give it a few days of use before deciding.


I have a few more questions:
- Does it matter what SATA cable is used? The new one i bought did not have the right angled end so i used this new cable with the HDD and used the SATA cable that connected the HDD previously (has the right angled end) to connect the new SSD. I assume it does not make any difference whatsoever in terms of performance/speed etc?

- The PC connects to the router via a powerline adaptor, i want to sell that if i can get a good enough wifi card. Do you recommend a good one? I used a £10 wifi PCIE card (N 300mbps) which did not work well.



Thanks a lot everyone!

Neil_Jones

itwasntme001 wrote: »

I have a few more questions:
- Does it matter what SATA cable is used? The new one i bought did not have the right angled end so i used this new cable with the HDD and used the SATA cable that connected the HDD previously (has the right angled end) to connect the new SSD. I assume it does not make any difference whatsoever in terms of performance/speed etc?

Makes no difference, use whichever cable you like.

The PC connects to the router via a powerline adaptor, i want to sell that if i can get a good enough wifi card. Do you recommend a good one? I used a £10 wifi PCIE card (N 300mbps) which did not work well

Nothing beats a wired connection for speed and reliability, and wireless can be significantly slower. A 5Ghz one may be better but these may cost more and you need a 5Ghz router to take advantage of it anyway.

itwasntme001

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Makes no difference, use whichever cable you like.



Nothing beats a wired connection for speed and reliability, and wireless can be significantly slower. A 5Ghz one may be better but these may cost more and you need a 5Ghz router to take advantage of it anyway.

Yeh i have a dual band router. Is a wired power-line adapter even better then wifi? There have been times the adapter becomes unreliable but not that often. Was wondering if there was a wifi card i could get that would be more reliable so i can sell the power-line adapter.