KS2M Â Â 10 #1 Posted April 7, 2009 I have a pc with a 3.2ghz core 2 duo e8500 processor, i have 2gb of pc6400 installed, a 1tb hard drive, 19" lcd monitor, dvdrw, 512mb graphics card. Â What could i do to make my pc even faster? upgrade the processor? add more ram? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DaFoot   10 #2 Posted April 7, 2009 That's a reasonable machine already. Do you find it struggles much when you use it? ie. why do you want to try and speed it up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
md25 Â Â 10 #3 Posted April 7, 2009 Only two cores? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   215 #4 Posted April 7, 2009 You could get a better graphics card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DR_PC Â Â 10 #5 Posted April 7, 2009 what motherboard are you using? but right off the bat id say: a quad core processor another 2 gig of Ram a newer GFX card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DayMare   10 #6 Posted April 7, 2009 Two cores and more gb RAM would ramp it up a notch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
KS2M   10 #7 Posted April 7, 2009 Two cores and more gb RAM would ramp it up a notch  I already have 2 cores or are you saying to get a quad core? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
KS2M Â Â 10 #8 Posted April 7, 2009 what motherboard are you using? but right off the bat id say: a quad core processor another 2 gig of Ram a newer GFX card. Â Thanks for that, do i need a quad core processor? Â I was thinking of upgrading the ram to 4gb so that is something i will definitely do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DR_PC Â Â 10 #9 Posted April 7, 2009 bear in mind that unless your running 64bit xp or vista. windows will only use around 3gig of the 4 gig. your need for a quad core is determined by you. does the pc do everything you want it to? list what motherboard and GFX card you have an i could advise you further. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
KS2M Â Â 10 #10 Posted April 7, 2009 I have a Foxconn G31MX-K motherboard and a Radeon HD 4870 graphics card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DR_PC Â Â 10 #11 Posted April 7, 2009 well that Graphics card is fine. i have the same one your board supports the newer 45nm quad cores so something like a q9550 and an extra 2 gig of ram should ramp it up a bit more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #12 Posted April 7, 2009 no body NEEDS a Quad Core, only a limited number of programs actually make use of the Quad Core CPU's, and that is if the OS lets it. i'm running a Core 2 Duo E8400 and have been for the last year, and it outperforms my m8s Q6600 and some other Q6600's I have put it against side by side.  Sure, the Q9550 will come out on top, but I don't think anyone NEEDS QuadCore yet, unless your using 6GB Ram+, and doing realtime 3d modelling or video editing / rendering etc, in which case, go i7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
