SSD or new Laptop

Gav_881

Gav_881

Gav_881

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current laptop is a core 2 t7400 at 2.16ghz which hits a rather dull 1361 on passmark 2gb RAM and XP SP3.

I mainly use it for media playback web surfing and a little word processing, but its getting slow and tired, though it is over 6 years old.

Basically is it worth getting an SSD maybe a 2Gb stick of ram to take me to 3 or should i be looking to a low end laptop?

If its the new laptop route what would you suggest for £2-250 gaming would be nice if it factors in the suggestions though i am aware its not going to produce much eye candy.

On a side note, are there any trinity APU only laptops out yet and if so whats the price point?
 
The core 2 t7400 is still a viable chip and it would be cheaper to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8 (As XP does not support TRIM) and add the extra Ram and a cheaky SSD.

Failing that you could look at this little tinker on this week only.

sony vpcyb3v1e for instance.

E-450
HD 6320

The added benefit is comes with Win 7 and 4gb fitted.

Regards.

C.
 
Buy a cheap SSD for what you do you should see a big difference in loading times as the processor should not bottleneck the drive as much as putting one in a Atom netbook.
 
£80 SSD, + £20 for more RAM is already £100. Do you really want to spent that much on an ancient laptop? How much could you sell it for?

Personally, I'd say look at new things, then later add an SSD to that.
 
i fitted a sandisk 128gb SSD (£55) in my old Dell XPS M1330 at the weekend (had it 4.5 years now), it sped the laptop up nicely. i doubt i'll bother getting a new laptop for quite a while now.

CPU is a C2D T9300 and i have 4GB RAM in it.
 
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