Who has a computer that comps really fast?

I_luv_cats

I sold my i3 4 series 4gb ram and bought an i5 8 series with 8gb ram

big difference. (i3 was struggling with multitasking)


I use ethernet cable too

2013yearofthehouse

hdh74 wrote: »

That's brilliantly helpful sleepy thank you.
It says Intel core TM i3 - 2120 CPU @3.30 ghz 3.30GHz
4 GB ram
It was a windows 7 machine but a friend installed windows 10 for me when it was free
I did think about paying someone to add me some more ram but I'm thinking the processor would still slow it down.
And I have 1TB of hard drive. (which is about half full)
Incidently the sales 'expert' in currys told me the half full hard drive is why it's so slow and it's nothing to do with ram as 'ram is just where the software is' - now I'm not good at this but I thought ram was short term memory and was exactly where stuff got 'juggled' (for want of a proper word) when the processor is handling it. I can tell my puter struggles when I have a lot of tabs open (ie more than about 10) and I can see that the memory is at full usage if I do ctr, alt, del if it freezes. My understanding (might be wrong) is that if ram is full the system will use hard-drive which slows it down but I would think half a terabite would be enough? Although I think the 'old' type of hard drive is slower.

Oh and another problem is that half my usb ports and various other things don't work properly because windows updates knocked out the drivers. I've tried finding new drivers but they just don't seem to be available for my old Lenovo. I've found work arounds for a lot of things but it's a PITA so I do think a new tower is the way to go.

I always thought that RAM was the critical component for opening lots of tabs.....

My laptop is over 10 years old (and no parts have been added/changed/upgraded since new), only has a Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz and the 1TB HDD is 95% full, but it has 6GB RAM and can still happily open 100+ tabs (and I’m usually streaming and/or running other software in the background at the same time as well), so it doesn’t struggle with multitasking

......it does take about 10 minutes to turn on and off though, so I’d still quite like to get a new one, with an SSD, at some point!

hdh74

Seen a couple of nice refurbed Dell optiplex PCs. Just ordered a VGA to HDMI lead so I will be ready to set it up. When the cable comes should be ready to order PC. Been making a list of all the stuff I'll need to transfer or reinstall. Thanks for everyones help.

Verksies

Im probably cheating here, I use a custom built gaming PC with dual monitor set up.

I enter comps on one screen... whilst waiting to matchmake for my game on another lol!

Id definitely recommend an SSD, I could never not have one since using one!

morningpostie

I had a Lenovo G50 that went bang last week, so I ended up getting one of these . Wouldn't normally use Currys but I was hamstrung by the timing of the old one's death.

Super quick, no major issues, and very little in the way of bloatware too. Only criticism is the keys layout is slightly different so my muscle memory needs to relearn, and also the space bar feels like it needs to be hit like an old fashioned typewriter, but again, that's probably me used to the Lenovo.