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Hi all,
First off, I'm happy to admit I know less than zero about PCs, but I'm after some advice about speeding mine up.
Like most people, it's probably full of stuff I don't need, but it's slowing down massively of late and is pretty much full now too.
Editing photos is painful as I press to make a change and have to wait a while for it to take effect. And while I don't edit video a huge amount, I do do it occasionally, and that's even more painful.
Current specs are:
The two biggest culprits are my pictures (though I now only keep the most recent on my PC dues to storage issues - the rest are backed up onto various external drives) and my music. I did originally have the music on an external drive, but it seems to kill disc-based hard-drives when you access it a lot. Could I move it to an SSD do you think and free up the 374GB that it's taking up?
Is it just a case of upgrading the memory (both storage and RAM) or is it worth looking into a whole new tower?
Needs to be a PC as all my programmes are PC based and I don't want the expense of having to buy them all again.
Thanks again for any advice.
First off, I'm happy to admit I know less than zero about PCs, but I'm after some advice about speeding mine up.
Like most people, it's probably full of stuff I don't need, but it's slowing down massively of late and is pretty much full now too.
Editing photos is painful as I press to make a change and have to wait a while for it to take effect. And while I don't edit video a huge amount, I do do it occasionally, and that's even more painful.
Current specs are:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
- Memory: 8.00GB
- System Type: 64 Bit operating xystem, x64-based processor
The two biggest culprits are my pictures (though I now only keep the most recent on my PC dues to storage issues - the rest are backed up onto various external drives) and my music. I did originally have the music on an external drive, but it seems to kill disc-based hard-drives when you access it a lot. Could I move it to an SSD do you think and free up the 374GB that it's taking up?
Is it just a case of upgrading the memory (both storage and RAM) or is it worth looking into a whole new tower?
Needs to be a PC as all my programmes are PC based and I don't want the expense of having to buy them all again.
Thanks again for any advice.