I have an old HP Z230 tower and a fresh install of windows 10, it’s unbelievably slow at just loading the OS and basic operations, which is strange considering it has 16gb of ram.
Graphics were an nv310 which was removed now it’s the onboard Intel graphics .
I’ve encountered other machines similar to this one that run Windows 10 fine.
The machine isn’t worth much but I’m curious what I could tweak to get it to run reasonably for videos and web browsing. It’s doubtful an i7 would do much for the price and expanding ram further is likely pointless.
I’m guessing SSD and a more modern GPU
I hate dumping money in a machine like this but I guess SSD are getting cheaper recently.
Appropriate graphics cards are all overpriced for what they are.
I was tempted to dump a $175 A770 in the machine but considering Intels track record it probably would hurt more than help and any hope of backwards compatibility is gone.
The used market is still jacked up if I try to find an old TI1060 and the PSU might become an issue.
Ah well, it’s like an old car that is stuck in 1st gear
Graphics were an nv310 which was removed now it’s the onboard Intel graphics .
I’ve encountered other machines similar to this one that run Windows 10 fine.
The machine isn’t worth much but I’m curious what I could tweak to get it to run reasonably for videos and web browsing. It’s doubtful an i7 would do much for the price and expanding ram further is likely pointless.
I’m guessing SSD and a more modern GPU
I hate dumping money in a machine like this but I guess SSD are getting cheaper recently.
Appropriate graphics cards are all overpriced for what they are.
I was tempted to dump a $175 A770 in the machine but considering Intels track record it probably would hurt more than help and any hope of backwards compatibility is gone.
The used market is still jacked up if I try to find an old TI1060 and the PSU might become an issue.
Ah well, it’s like an old car that is stuck in 1st gear