Windows 10 extremely slow HP Z230 i5-4590 16gb ram 500gb hd
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It depends on how long ago you were running Windows 10 on a Core2 Duo, Windows 10 isn't really one OS, it's like a dozen different versions of an OS and at some point I think it got a lot more bloated to the point where it's pretty terrible to use on spinning rust. The cooling system on HP and Dell systems of that era tends to be pretty good, they used something similar to the intel radial bifurcated 65W heatsink but twice as tall which should be more than sufficient for a Haswell CPU.
Most of those Black Friday deals have mediocre proprietary power supplies and expansion, oddly enough this antique is easier to swap PSUs and mainboards than the new stuff . If I get into “build my own” I will be set back a rather large amount of bank even after deals just to have standardized components and an adequate PSU for a future gpu.
If I were getting a new PC, I definitely want to build one, so you get a standard PSU and good cooling, most of these systems now are using what amounts to a pathetic stock heatsink, which is not what you want on these modern CPUs, you want a big honking tower cooler or a CLC so that you can make the most out of turbo boosting.
everything as a life cycle so unless you are very tec savy a decent midrange setup in your price range might be the best. i was looking into a SSD for my older 17" HP lappy BUT the installation + transfer of saving what i want is costly if not a DIY, so now enjoy a fast new dell inspiron 16 + love the backlit keys!! i just surf + shop + enjoy You Tubes, especially the music stuff playing thru my new audio engine powered speakers!! sometimes we just gotta open our wallets + that can be cheeper in the long run, so get the options you want from the get go, NOT afterwards IMO
But a cheap SSD and be amazed…
Depends. What type of RAM? You may want a system "refresh" if some stuff is OK.
My 2016 i7 processor croaked for reasons unknown. Other than it was a crapp MS MB. I bought a new MB, good i5, new SSD, PS and a new video card. And the price total was amazing.
PS Edit. I was able to sell my old 32GB RAM and 2G video card for decent money on eBay
My 2016 i7 processor croaked for reasons unknown. Other than it was a crapp MS MB. I bought a new MB, good i5, new SSD, PS and a new video card. And the price total was amazing.
PS Edit. I was able to sell my old 32GB RAM and 2G video card for decent money on eBay
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Interesting. You think because 11??
My new system screams with Win 10. Nothing slows it down. I do run clean and have 64 GB RAM
Side note even with a new SSD start fresh. You probably have bunch of useless crud built up
Also highly recommend two SSDs for backup
Mostly with friends computers.
My son and I are going to update his mom’s old desktop and keep 10 on it- but my son plans on dropping at least one SSD to keep in going.
I’ve been playing with it the last couple of days, and ours seems to be decent even on an old school drive. Granted, my son is going to update it anyways….
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Slow is a very loose term. Take a screenshot of your windows task manager (in more details mode) performance page at the time when this machine slows down.
See whats limiting you to induce this "slow" and upgrade that part only.
Avoid the generalizations of dumping ram, cpu, hdd, ssd, OS, etc
See whats limiting you to induce this "slow" and upgrade that part only.
Avoid the generalizations of dumping ram, cpu, hdd, ssd, OS, etc
Yup, totally agree. What exactly is slow? The boot up time? Opening a browser window?
Some viruses or malware ping the CPU at 100% or very close, so the computer becomes very slow even at pretty much everything, like even right clocking on desktop, etc.
