Re: Speeding up XP

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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An upgrade won't help. The Sempron is a lower-end processor.
They have internal hardware limitations (Cache size) that would
prevent other upgrades from being cost effective. Your money is
better spent moving to a new system. Anything you upgrade won't
deliver any major benefits.

A Gig or RAM will help as it will alleviate some of the substantial
pagefile usage.
A larger hard drive will help as it is currently an almost full
bottlenece for that system. An 80 Gig drive is VERY cheap right now!


"JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm running XP SP2 with a 1.6 ghz Semprom processor, 1/2 gig of RAM
and a 19 gb hard disk with 4 gig of free space. Gets pretty slow at
times. If you were going to throw money at some part of the system
first, would it be more RAM, or bigger HD? I know they're both
cheap, but money's a bit tight and flipping a coin is not giving me
the clear answer I want. Most of the work I do for my job does NOT
involve huge files. Rather, the machine gets creepy when I have 4-5
apps running. I could be wrong, but I don't think registry clutter
is the issue. I don't constantly install & uninstall experimental
software like some people. I defrag monthly, and the computer is
scanned nightly for viruses (AVG) and other nasties (ZoneAlarm).



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