Hi,
I use 2 PCs at home, a selfbuilt 4GB ram/Q6600 Quad/NV 8800GT for work stuff, and a Dell Optiplex GX260SFF I picked up for £50 which I run as a low power consumption 24/7 server, running Bittorrent, Print server and Music Server software for my Squeezebox streaming music player.
The big PC is a power hog, so I tend to use the wee Dell as my general purpose, Web, Email, MS Office machine.
I love it for what it is, it costs buttons to run, does its job and just.....works.
Its just a TINY bit less snappy than I'd like it to be though, especially now as I've ported over all my MS Office, Email duties to it.
Notice it most when browsing teh web - as more sites get Flash content, embedded video etc the wee Dell struggles to keep up sometimes.
So I'd like to give it a little shot in the arm, just to boost it a wee bit.
Any suggestions guys?
Heres the spec.
2.0 Ghz P4 Cpu
1GB Ram
On board video, on board sound
I was running a stripped down version of XP on it, have tried Linux too (wasn't for me!) but amazingly enough, Windows 7 (Legit student copy
) runs on it as sweet as a nut! No slower (and possibly even a smidge faster) than stripped down XP!
Plus, as I'm using it more for day to say stuff, its a lot more pleasant to use.
I'm thinking upgrade the Ram to 2GB or the CPU to a 3GHz model?
Would in fact a graphics card make using the web more snappy like I'm looking for?
Budget = SHOESTRING!
Thanks for any replies!
I use 2 PCs at home, a selfbuilt 4GB ram/Q6600 Quad/NV 8800GT for work stuff, and a Dell Optiplex GX260SFF I picked up for £50 which I run as a low power consumption 24/7 server, running Bittorrent, Print server and Music Server software for my Squeezebox streaming music player.
The big PC is a power hog, so I tend to use the wee Dell as my general purpose, Web, Email, MS Office machine.
I love it for what it is, it costs buttons to run, does its job and just.....works.
Its just a TINY bit less snappy than I'd like it to be though, especially now as I've ported over all my MS Office, Email duties to it.
Notice it most when browsing teh web - as more sites get Flash content, embedded video etc the wee Dell struggles to keep up sometimes.
So I'd like to give it a little shot in the arm, just to boost it a wee bit.
Any suggestions guys?
Heres the spec.
2.0 Ghz P4 Cpu
1GB Ram
On board video, on board sound
I was running a stripped down version of XP on it, have tried Linux too (wasn't for me!) but amazingly enough, Windows 7 (Legit student copy
) runs on it as sweet as a nut! No slower (and possibly even a smidge faster) than stripped down XP!Plus, as I'm using it more for day to say stuff, its a lot more pleasant to use.
I'm thinking upgrade the Ram to 2GB or the CPU to a 3GHz model?
Would in fact a graphics card make using the web more snappy like I'm looking for?
Budget = SHOESTRING!
Thanks for any replies!
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