Slow Older HDD?

[youself]

When try to boot up old computer. after starting windows I may take longer time to run chrome and page not responding?

Computer is Acer Veriton M420 with Slow HDD.

[Chronified]

Ah yes, the m420. That was my first "gaming PC" back in the days of Addicting Games, Miniclip and Battlefield Heroes. I remember buying a GT710 for it and thinking I was so cool lol. Still a great PC if you're not expecting it to do much though, and it has plenty of upgrade potential! An Athlon X4 will go in there just fine.

 

Is it stock? Is the CPU still the Athlon X2?? It's likely the processor/ram holding you back. An SSD upgrade wouldn't hurt for load times, you can get a reputable 120GB for $20-30 and 240GB for $30-40 (Canadian prices). 

You'll likely want to upgrade your RAM if you have 4GB or less though, if you have more than 2-3tabs open at a time 8GB is recommended for loading up 3+ tabs of modern websites on Chrome with AdBlockPlus and whatever other extensions you run

[SPAS-ID]

I would recommend to just simply to get a new PC altogether. If that's not an option i would recommend using older version of chrome or use Firefox, since latest version of Chrome seems to heavy for your computer.

[youself]

1 minute ago, SPAS-ID said:

I would recommend to just simply to get a new PC altogether. If that's not an option i would recommend using older version of chrome or use Firefox, since latest version of Chrome seems to heavy for your computer.

Old Chrome and New and Old Firefox are slow

[youself]

7 minutes ago, Chronified said:

Is it stock?

no. out to stock veriton m420.

8 minutes ago, Chronified said:

Is the CPU still the Athlon X2??

Yes. Athlon X2 250

[Chronified]

12 minutes ago, SPAS-ID said:

I would recommend to just simply to get a new PC altogether. If that's not an option i would recommend using older version of chrome or use Firefox, since latest version of Chrome seems to heavy for your computer.

It really depends what this person is using the PC for. If it's just for general web browsing and watching youtube, a simple CPU, RAM and SSD upgrade would be half the cost of upgrading to a new system. SSD can be brought to the new system if they ever choose to upgrade down the line. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, youself said:

stock veriton m420.

How much ram?

How good are you with Tech, would you be comfortable doing a CPU swap? It's like lego that you can't touch the bottom of. 

It's $15 USD for an upgrade to a quad core (double CPU preformance) and you should really consider upgrading the ram if it's still at the stock 3GB. 4x2GB DDR2 can be found for $20 on your Facebook marketplace if you put out an ISO. 
 

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Good-working-AMD-Phenom-X4-2-2-GHz-Socket-AM2-CPU-Processor-9500-HD9500WCJ4BGD/152173008280?hash=item236e37d598:g:mOwAAOSwZVlXjcpD

[youself]

1 minute ago, Chronified said:

How much ram?

2GB RAM

[Rusted]

If you want to use that computer more RAM is must, 4GB is bare minimum these days. 8GB is recomended. Only after adding more memory would I suggest adding SSD drive or better CPU.