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How to seed up my old Dell Desktop

Oct 19, 2014 10:04AM PDT

Thanks to this forum, i am now able to defrag my pc. It is a little faster now, How can i speed it up,?
Dell Dimension 3000
Win. Ver. 8
xp Home Ed.
Thsnks !
Scott

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(NT) type faster?
Oct 19, 2014 10:08AM PDT
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more RAM might improve the performance a little
Oct 19, 2014 10:51AM PDT

Failing that, go to a tall building, open a window and drop the Dell Dimension 3000 out.

At that point it will accelerate at 32Ft per second/per second.

Happy

P

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Don't run 2 OS'es at the same time.
Oct 19, 2014 9:09PM PDT

One is enough (either Windows 8 or Windows XP).

And don't forget to clean all malware and viruses.

Kees

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toss this into it
Oct 25, 2014 3:29AM PDT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Biostar-Motherboard-AM2-AM3-2GB-RAM-AMD-Sempron-2-8GHz-CPU-Combo-Kit-/161460902632?pt=US_Motherboard_CPU_Combos&hash=item2597d1dae8

Here's where you can see the performance for that sort of setup. Inexpensive, but will fit your computer case, can do both PATA (IDE) and SATA drives, comes with CPU and 2 GB of RAM. Good for crossover from IDE to SATA drives, still run from your old VGA monitor. Your OEM windows system will no longer work on it though, only a retail version of windows will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpMfT_zgVyI

Video done using "Record my desktop" in Mint Linux 17, which can kick butt on above system.

Best move though is buy something newer and sell the old on EBay.

The cheapest quick move is more RAM and watch the rest of the world leave you behind.