Solved Dell 4550 how to speed it up

trvlr October 8, 2018 at 13:10:02

Likely the best you can is up RAM to 4megs and ensure you don’t have lots of stuff running in the background. One other item which would also help is to install an SSD. But as this system is quite elderly, is it really worth the expense? RAM maybe but no more than that in terms of hardware. message edited by trvlr

Johnw October 8, 2018 at 15:29:27

"Or is it just to old ?" Has it always been slow?

Davidw October 9, 2018 at 05:33:12

slow as long as ive had it sold and built them a new system.Also bios is a06 not sure if i can or need to update the bios Davidw message edited by Davidw

hidde663 October 9, 2018 at 07:24:57

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system specs: https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-... it's just plain old... cpu comparison with a mordern 100$ cpu: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar... gpu comparison with a modern budget card(100~ish $): http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compar... but you won't need a video card, since intel has a gpu integrated into the cpu as a added bonus for like 250~300 dollars you can buy & build a new PC which will last 5+ years i5-6600K[delid]@4.7GHz/4.3GHz@1.376v LLC=6 | 2x4GB Crucial-DDR4-2133CL15@14-14-14-28 1T 2700MHz@1.35v MSI Armor RX 570 4GB@1260Mhz core@1.000v/2000MHz message edited by hidde663

riider October 9, 2018 at 14:11:27

Look what $100 will get you: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...

Davidw October 10, 2018 at 03:00:34

Well john i have a geforce 6200 video card i have thought id try it if the power supply can handle it its a 256 . Davidw message edited by Davidw