Ram/SSD in laptop.

2011-01-24 06:24:33

#1

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5225|Dundee, Scotland.

Buying a 2GB dimm on thursday for £28 + free p&p, which will speed my laptop up.

One other question though, I'm considering getting a 40 or 60gb SSD to put in it as well, since I only really use it for media/internet browsing, and coding. Would buying an SSD for it really be worth it? I have enough to buy it, just need to know if it's a worthwhile purchase.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Presario-CQ60-3 … B001XUR7YI

^Laptop.

Oh, and I also need to buy a new fuckin' battery since mine is completely goosed. From HP direct, a 6 cell is ~£70, whereas the 12 cell is ~£90. wat do?

Last edited by Camm (2011-01-24 06:27:08)

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-24 07:35:33

#2

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6218|Places 'n such

Camm wrote:
since I only really use it for media/internet browsing, and coding. Would buying an SSD for it really be worth it?

No. You'd be paying what, £60? For a few seconds off of your boot time. Doubt you'd see any improvement worth the cost in any other area either.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2011-01-24 08:09:26

#3

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6569

12cell battery instead of SSD.

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2011-01-24 08:35:49

#4

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5225|Dundee, Scotland.

12 cell it is then. Cheers lads.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-01-24 09:07:06

#5

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6754

both

2011-01-24 09:25:37

#6

JahManRed: wank; +646|6885|IRELAND

Waste of money for what you use your pc for. Unless the coding is really swap file/RAM heavy.
I wouldnt throw a penny of my money at that laptop. Worked on & seen too many busted compaq laptops in my time. HP used to be good, but loads of mobos going on them too.

2011-01-24 10:32:17

#7

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6218|Places 'n such

JahManRed wrote:
Waste of money for what you use your pc for. Unless the coding is really swap file/RAM heavy.
I wouldnt throw a penny of my money at that laptop. Worked on & seen too many busted compaq laptops in my time. HP used to be good, but loads of mobos going on them too.

The ram's a pretty cheap upgrade that'll make things run a bit smoother, wouldn't upgrade anything else on that thing though.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2011-01-24 13:49:24

#8

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6696|King Of The Islands

JahManRed wrote:
Waste of money for what you use your pc for. Unless the coding is really swap file/RAM heavy.
I wouldnt throw a penny of my money at that laptop. Worked on & seen too many busted compaq laptops in my time. HP used to be good, but loads of mobos going on them too.

Shocking news: They all fail about the same, HP just ships more units.

Same for hard drives.

Guy got us to put an SSD in an old P4 the other week. We were shocked it had SATA it was that old. Anyway it boosted its performance to that of a dual core (still sucked in places, but was generally faster than an AMD X2. P.S: i3 can go suck a goat.)

(80GB Intel X25 M)

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2011-01-24 13:50:58

#9

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6848|Reisterstown, MD

Camm wrote:
One other question though, I'm considering getting a 40 or 60gb SSD to put in it as well, since I only really use it for media/internet browsing, and coding. Would buying an SSD for it really be worth it? I have enough to buy it, just need to know if it's a worthwhile purchase.

That would be a waste of money if you are only using it for the things you mentioned. I have one for my PS3 and it is great for gaming and stuff like that. You will do just fine if you run a 7200 RPM SATA drive for the things you were talking about.

2011-01-24 22:51:29

#10

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6454|Winland

The point of putting an SSD in a laptop shouldn't be performance; it should be durability. The mechanical hard drive is the part that I definitely worry the most about failing in my laptop.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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