Is this laptop worth upgrading ?

[imperialhodor]

Hi everyone.

My girlfriend has this 3 years old laptop that she never did use so in brand new condition. It's an Acer Aspire E 15 (E5-532, with Intel Celeron N3050(2/2@1.6GHz), 4GB DDR3L@1600MHz ram and 500GB HDD).

 

She never used it in the first place because it was so slow and just told me about it. I looked into replacing the hdd for a ssd and eventually upgrade to 8GB of ram but i dont know if the processor is just plain garbage and not worth investing into ?

 

So my question should I upgrade it for like 100$ or just cut the losses, resell it for whatever amount and get a better value one ?

 

It's only for web browsing and quick office work btw.

[Oswin]

the ssd might have an impact in loading times but i doubt the cpu would cope with  any sort of multitasking, for me personally i would atleast get a 4 threaded processor for a work laptop

[Bombastinator]

6w 2core with 2mb cache.  I think it may actually be slower that an average cell phone.

[imperialhodor]

4 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

6w 2core with 2mb cache.  I think it may actually be slower that an average cell phone.

That's my feeling using it too. I'm really leaning towards giving it away and make her save for a decent one...

[Oswin]

would you consider getting ryzen?

[imperialhodor]

33 minutes ago, Oswin said:

would you consider getting ryzen?

I wouldn't mind, but getting another will not be for today. I will look for a good value laptop deal when she will really need it.

[imperialhodor]

Thank you for your answers. This crappy laptop will be sold for peanuts and i will look for a deal on a new one when needed.