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I've had my PC for quite a while now, and the performance on it appears to be getting progressively slower, which as you can imagine is quite frustrating, especially when attempting to play Football Manager.
Ideally I'd like to buy a Mac, however I can't really afford it at the moment, so I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM etc.
Firstly, is this easy to do? As I've never had to do anything like this before, and is it just the RAM that I should be looking to upgrade?
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Upgrading PC
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Jonny2J
, Dec 23 2011 07:14 PM
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Posted 23 December 2011 - 07:45 PM
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Jonny2J, on 23 December 2011 - 07:14 PM, said:
I've had my PC for quite a while now, and the performance on it appears to be getting progressively slower, which as you can imagine is quite frustrating, especially when attempting to play Football Manager.
Ideally I'd like to buy a Mac, however I can't really afford it at the moment, so I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM etc.
Firstly, is this easy to do? As I've never had to do anything like this before, and is it just the RAM that I should be looking to upgrade?
Ideally I'd like to buy a Mac, however I can't really afford it at the moment, so I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM etc.
Firstly, is this easy to do? As I've never had to do anything like this before, and is it just the RAM that I should be looking to upgrade?
Ant is the expert, but RAM is key and the more you can have the better. Next in line would be to upgrade your graphics card (if you have an old slow one).
THis really worked a treat for me..Just get a usb stick and it is used to snatch data fast a bit like ram...
http://en.wikipedia....wiki/ReadyBoost
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Posted 23 December 2011 - 10:39 PM
Jonny2J
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Cheers Parky.
I've gave that ReadyBoost a shot as well. I will let you know my findings.
I've gave that ReadyBoost a shot as well. I will let you know my findings.
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Posted 23 December 2011 - 10:54 PM
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need to know what spec pc you have now 2J and i'll post you up some info/prices.
what os you using and how much ram do you have now btw? for anything over 3gb you'll need to install 64bit windows etc
what os you using and how much ram do you have now btw? for anything over 3gb you'll need to install 64bit windows etc
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Posted 24 December 2011 - 12:03 AM
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I'm currently using Windows 7 and only have 2GB of RAM at the moment. My PC must be about 5 years old now.
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Posted 24 December 2011 - 12:06 AM
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I'll post you up some software tomorrow to run that'll give me a report/better idea what to suggest
Knackered heading to bed now
Knackered heading to bed now
So Jim, have I ever told you about the old country? The songs! Oh Jim, they'd melt your face.
"Ohh I live in a shoe on Moore Street, I'm a prostitute from Newry".
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Posted 24 December 2011 - 12:08 AM
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Cheers Ant. 
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Posted 28 December 2011 - 10:37 AM
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There's loads of vids on Utube on how to make Win 7 faster and use less resources.
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Posted 28 December 2011 - 10:43 AM
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here J2 sorry about the the delay
download and install this
http://www.cpuid.com.../pc-wizard.html
on the screen it initially comes up with (should be the one if you click the icon that looks like "my computer" either post a screenshot or hit file > save as and pick something and lob it on here or pm me a link to the report
download and install this
http://www.cpuid.com.../pc-wizard.html
on the screen it initially comes up with (should be the one if you click the icon that looks like "my computer" either post a screenshot or hit file > save as and pick something and lob it on here or pm me a link to the report
So Jim, have I ever told you about the old country? The songs! Oh Jim, they'd melt your face.
"Ohh I live in a shoe on Moore Street, I'm a prostitute from Newry".
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