Old laptop upgrade?

[Aaralli]

My sister has an older laptop from a few years ago that had pretty terrible specs, at least when compared to modern cheap laptops. The specs are:

CPU: I3-6006U,

Ram: 4gb 2400mhz,

500gb 5400rpm HDD,

And a wifi card only capable of picking up 802.11n wifi

If I changed out the HDD for an ssd and the ram for faster higher capacity RAM, could I get this laptop to actually run well, or would it be better to just invest the money in a brand new laptop?

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, Aaralli said:

brand new laptop?

Depends, what do you want to do with the laptop?

[PV2smokes]

12 minutes ago, Aaralli said:

My sister has an older laptop from a few years ago that had pretty terrible specs, at least when compared to modern cheap laptops. The specs are:

CPU: I3-6006U,

Ram: 4gb 2400mhz,

500gb 5400rpm HDD,

And a wifi card only capable of picking up 802.11n wifi

If I changed out the HDD for an ssd and the ram for faster higher capacity RAM, could I get this laptop to actually run well, or would it be better to just invest the money in a brand new laptop?

That CPU doesnt support higher then DDR4 2133, So upgrading the speed of the RAM likely wont help. You will see an improvement in loading times with the an SSD. I would invest in a new machine and ditch the current system.

[Aaralli]

2 hours ago, PV2smokes said:

That CPU doesnt support higher then DDR4 2133, So upgrading the speed of the RAM likely wont help. You will see an improvement in loading times with the an SSD. I would invest in a new machine and ditch the current system.

I find that interesting, because the ram was running at 2400mhz the last time I checked, and Intel's Ark website said that it can run higher speed ram as well.

[Biomecanoid]

On 2/4/2020 at 11:55 PM, Aaralli said:

My sister has an older laptop from a few years ago that had pretty terrible specs, at least when compared to modern cheap laptops. The specs are:

CPU: I3-6006U,

Ram: 4gb 2400mhz,

500gb 5400rpm HDD,

And a wifi card only capable of picking up 802.11n wifi

If I changed out the HDD for an ssd and the ram for faster higher capacity RAM, could I get this laptop to actually run well, or would it be better to just invest the money in a brand new laptop?

 

You could upgrade the RAM, SSD and CPU with the cost of less than 1/3 of a new system. You have to be able to do it yourself otherwise it is not worth it to pay someone else to do it.

[Aaralli]

10 hours ago, Biomecanoid said:

 

You could upgrade the RAM, SSD and CPU with the cost of less than 1/3 of a new system. You have to be able to do it yourself otherwise it is not worth it to pay someone else to do it.

Well, I actually dont think I can upgrade the CPU, since it's soldered onto the laptop board. I've built three computers, so I have some experience. 

[steelo]

16 minutes ago, Aaralli said:

Well, I actually dont think I can upgrade the CPU, since it's soldered onto the laptop board. I've built three computers, so I have some experience. 

Honestly the best upgrade you can do if you want to keep that laptop is replace the HDD with a SSD. It should feel a lot snappier compared to before.