What can I do to make my PC fast?

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Mrcricket

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I have a two year old HP I5. PC has some minor hardware damage which are cracks on the body but works fine. I recently got a new charger and battery which came up to R1000.

I did a hard reset of the PC but it is still not completely fast and sometimes does those short but frustrating freezes. The PC has never been super-fast since I got it. At the beginning I was just lazy to take it to the manufacturer and it is definitely out of warranty now. It is usable but is there anything which I can do to make it fast?
 
chrisc said:
The least expensive way is to double the memory
Next, fit a SSD
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How much do you suggest I increase the Ram by? (Sorry, my knowledge of PC's are improving). Just don't want to get milked by the PC shops that I take it to. That has happened before.
 
Notebook.

Put in an SSD.

Other than that, nothing else you can do.

The freezes are probably when the hard drive spins up. Listen to the notebook when it freezes, can you hear the hard drive?


Sounds like it might have some hardware damage or other major component.

That is why I only buy Notebooks with a 3 year warranty and nothing less.

What are the specs for the notebook?
 
newjourno said:
How much do you suggest I increase the Ram by? (Sorry, my knowledge of PC's are improving). Just don't want to get milked by the PC shops that I take it to. That has happened before.
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A good place to start would be with you listing the specs for the computer, agreed?

After that - www.grammarly.com
 
I see you say HP 15. Not core i5 i for some reason thought....

The HP15 is a celeron.

They crap slow.

Your best bet is to see if you can get an SSD in there.

This will not be a quick job as someone experienced will need to help you clone the old drive to the new drive. And the SSD will need an enclosure to fit the size of the HDD, or maybe not, it might just need a bracket or something.
 
RedViking said:
I see you say HP 15. Not core i5 i for some reason thought....

The HP15 is a celeron.

They crap slow.

Your best bet is to see if you can get an SSD in there.

This will not be a quick job as someone experienced will need to help you clone the old drive to the new drive. And the SSD will need an enclosure to fit the size of the HDD, or maybe not, it might just need a bracket or something.
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It is an I3 actually.
 
RedViking said:
That not too bad. Lol. Try an SSD.
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How much do you think that a job like this should cost? I just want to have an idea to prevent the PC repair shops from potentially taking advantage of me.
 
newjourno said:
I have a two year old HP I5. PC has some minor hardware damage which are cracks on the body but works fine. I recently got a new charger and battery which came up to R1000.

I did a hard reset of the PC but it is still not completely fast and sometimes does those short but frustrating freezes. The PC has never been super-fast since I got it. At the beginning I was just lazy to take it to the manufacturer and it is definitely out of warranty now. It is usable but is there anything which I can do to make it fast?
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Ubuntu?
 
What's the full model# of the laptop? Should be on the bottom sticker?
What cpu, ram and hdd size?
What do you use the laptop for nd which programs do you use?
 
In terms of cost, I just had a 256GB SSD installed in my laptop and the previous drive cloned onto it. The job cost R850 for the new drive plus 1.5 hours of labour and in total came to just over R1 500.
 
newjourno said:
How much do you think that a job like this should cost? I just want to have an idea to prevent the PC repair shops from potentially taking advantage of me.
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How much is an SSD? How long have you got to learn how to use a screw driver and watch a youtube vid :). Don't need a PC shop
 
First prize would be an NVMe drive in an M2 slot (if your laptop supports it).
Second prize would be an SSD drive.
Third prize is to add more RAM.
 
Fit an SSD Drive. It makes a HUGE difference. I recently fitted a 512GB one in my 7year old Gigabyte laptop.Did it myself and installed Windows 10 Pro all over again. My laptop feels like new. Backup your old data to an external hdd. Then put your SSD in and do a new Windows install. It's so worth it. I'm not a pc boffin and I managed to do it myself with YouTube videos. It's very easy.
 
It should be a crime for manufacturers to put 5400RPM drives in midrange laptops.
 
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