For this sort of system I think you'll see a better boost from having 3GB of ram than only 2 in pairs. I would go for the 3. That ram upgrade alone may be enough to give you a really nice boost. Macs suffer from too little ram just as much as a Windows machine can, and for several years they...
Are you still running Vista on it? This should work, but you'll want to do some research on SSDs on Vista, their aren't automatic SSD optimizations like there are on Windows 7 or 8, and I believe commands like TRIM won't work.
You might actually be better off with a regular HDD like...
Thanks for the tip, I ordered it last week, arrived yesterday, and I'm pretty darn pleased with it. Very solid feeling, and very easy to work in. Looks elegant by my desk to boot.
If you want something that fits inside your case, but still has a physical power switch that you can turn on and off, how about something like this?
http://salestores.com/byteccbt125e01.html
"I want to be able to log into any of these computers in either my name or my coworkers name (and be able to change anything on one, then log into the other and access the changes...you know, like a network should be)"
This sounds to me like he does want to be using an Active Directory...
It sounds like you may have a virus. I work for an IT company and we've seen several instances in the past few weeks with these Fake HDD viruses. One of the things they do often is hide all your files. Run malwarebytes, an antivirus scanner and a rootkit scanner. Then once you're clean, grab...
For $600 I think you have a pretty good, but not exceptional deal. If I may politely disgree with another person who commented, the system will be a major upgrade for you over a Pentium D. The 7660D is the graphics half of the AMD A10 cpu and is a good deal faster than a 520. The CPU half of...
The other thing I would add as a WoW player is that WoW loves SSDs. There is a ton of disk access as you move around the world, and the difference if you have an SSD is pretty substantial. If you have a bit of dinero left over it might be a nice upgrade. Just make sure you go at least 120GB...
I've had about a 50-50 record with PCB swaps. Go on ebay, and find the exact same drive (same FW too). About half the time you can swap the boards and it'll work. half the time it won't. The drive may have internal issues or the PCB chip may require specific programming. However usually the...
Well for years I've been of the mindset that discrete cards simply weren't justified anymore, but after reading this thread and some reviews on other sites I found an Asus Xonar DG for $23 on Amazon ($13 after MIR) and decided for that price I'd see what I thought myself. The card arrived last...
The cpu you have came out in Q1 2008, so it's 4 years old. Trying to ask the computer to go for another 4 even with upgrades is probably not a good use of your funds, especially if you are using more demanding programs like CS4. You're probably best saving that money that you were going to...
Go with the D3 Barbarian (first link) as it's configured. By far the most powerful system of the 3 systems you're looking at. Very fast CPU, plenty of ram, and nice mid-range video card. Should do you fine, and you even have an extra 100 pounds to spend on an SSD for instance.
I'm guessing the drive didn't always do that? If not then yes, i would replace it. With your budget and capacity needs, you're probably better off with a fast regular hdd rather than an SSD. Something like this WD Black Edition:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136284
That...
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