bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Hi All Need to start saving now for any PC upgrades, only can get at Christmas, only time I get access to my disability money. Anyways have an HP P6-2133W desktop with 1033 8gb of ram, thinking of trying to get 8gb ddr3 1600mhz ram, or possibly SSD, only issue Is there no open 3.5 inch bay, and hard drive in current bay. Need hard drive to store stuff, not sure if can even fit an ssd this is an AMD APU system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted September 29, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 29, 2014 What do you do with your system? goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kpo6969 Subscriber¹ Posted September 29, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 29, 2014 Adapter to fit 2 ssd's and 1 hard drive in one 3.5 inch bay: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994163&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=3_5_to_2_5_adapter-_-17-994-163-_-Product ssd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820&ignorebbr=1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148821&ignorebbr=1 ^^ best price / performance at the moment goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menge Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Need to start saving now for any PC upgrades, only can get at Christmas, only time I get access to my disability money. Anyways have an HP P6-2133W desktop with 1033 8gb of ram, thinking of trying to get 8gb ddr3 1600mhz ram, or possibly SSD, only issue Is there no open 3.5 inch bay, and hard drive in current bay. Need hard drive to store stuff, not sure if can even fit an ssd In my opinion, you will benefit way much more from an SSD than faster RAM. 8GB of RAM is enough for most use cases. An SSD will give you a very noticeable speed boost when dealing with startup/shutdown and opening apps/large files. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted September 29, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 29, 2014 ssd and technically you don't need to mount it, but the bigger question is dies your computer have the sata port on the mobo and the power connectors to support an additional drive. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Ok Will look into the Adapter to Fit 2 SSD and 1 3.5 inch drive into the bay when I get the money soon I hope, wouldn't even mind before Christmas. I use the System for some light Video editing/burning dvds at times, Gaming, occasionaly Windows Media center dvd watching, Internet surfing, Email, (Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit), all kinds of things basically Last I looked inside the case I seen the additional serial ata connectors on the motherboard, but didn't see any spare power connectors unless there tied up in another section of the case, i'll look closer next time I open the case goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I know APU performance can be highly dependent on the RAM speed, but I'm not sure by how much. Overall as a general rule, a SSD will give you the largest performance boost of any component in a PC. The Crucial MX100 512GB runs about $200, so you can get a lot for your money at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 In my opinion, you will benefit way much more from an SSD than faster RAM. 8GB of RAM is enough for most use cases. An SSD will give you a very noticeable speed boost when dealing with startup/shutdown and opening apps/large files. APUs benefit from faster ram though (unlike systems with a dedicated gpu and vram). How much not sure bout could be a good idea to look at reviews before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosense Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Ill would go with an SSD, you wont see much of a difference with faster ram compare to SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I know APU performance can be highly dependent on the RAM speed, but I'm not sure by how much. I remember reading a review where the difference was noticeable. [edit] got it http://www.legitreviews.com/testing-memory-speeds-on-amds-a10-5800k-trinity-apu_2106/6 Astra.Xtreme 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Defiantly SSD. After going from hard disk and SSD, never going back to hard disk. A big improvement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 yeah think best bang for buck soon as I have the money saved drive adapter, and ssd...best value for long term, best performance boost i'm sure as well. Still using Avast antivirus, not sure if that slows anything down, but so far so good. not too much installed, mostly clean system till, last clean install was just before feature pack came out in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epk Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 SSD, it will be day and night ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 SSD is the only answer here imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Yes Definitely going for SSD in the future soon as the money saved...then will use current drive for storage....Will have to learn how to properly setup SSD once I get it, right now I usually let PC sleep at night, as back on usually very early next morning. Right now when I get SSD for this system will be first SSD based system i'll have. Will Avast cause too much writing to the SSD in the future? or will it be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Depends on how much ram you have no, if you have 4 or less, then RAM for your usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Depends on how much ram you have no, if you have 4 or less, then RAM for your usage. Currently have 8gb ddr3 1033 ram currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argi Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 SSD. Faster ram won't give anywhere near as much of a speed boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thank you all for the replies, SSD it will be, just gotta wait til money saved now if I can stand it lol, then get it all installed and setup, and be enjoying my faster system. Open Minded and goretsky 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplezz Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Preaching to the choir here, but SSD. Doubt you'll notice a massive difference in speed by upgrading your current ram. You're running in dual channel XMP mode right? As far as bays go, you don't really need one. Just tape it down :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open Minded Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 SSD by a mile. More than a mile. Over 9000 miles! But yeah, I've been building my own computers for almost 20 years now ,19 to be exact. Never had I done an upgrade or added a part that made such a difference. Really. If you're looking for more speed, look no further than an SSD. I've added them to Core 2 Duo systems, even as slow as 1.8GHz, and the owners tell me it's like owning a brand new computer. That's just for things like email, facebook and overall speed improvements. I promise you'll notice the difference. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thank you all so much, I know I will notice a difference soon as get all the needed parts, tape it down isn't a bad idea either. Appreciate all the replies very much, now to get the money saved, sadly wish I had it right now the money, but sadly don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I got three words for you: Ess Ess Dee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted October 1, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted October 1, 2014 Hello, Since everyone has mentioned SSD (which I agree with), I'll just make a related suggestion: For best results, plan on doing a clean install of your operating system, drivers and apps to the new SSD. Have everything you need (installation media for your operating sytsem, unpacked device drivers, key applications, etc. ready to install from CDs, DVDs, USB, whatever) so that when then the SSD arrives, you can set it up with a fresh install of your operating system. After it has been working for a week or two, you can then remove the old \WINDOWS directory (and any others you don't need) from the HDD and just use it for data storage. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Andre S. and Open Minded 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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