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Aye y’all got any ideas on how to make my old pc faster

 

its a Amd A9-9425 and a Radeon r5

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What will you be using it for I would maybe spice up the ram a little if the mobo supports and an ssd then it could be used for most tasks and some basic gaming like minecraft/csgo

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Have you maxed out your RAM? Replaced the hard drive with an SSD? If so, consider opening up the laptop, dusting it out and replacing the thermal paste on the CPU. Outside of that, get a new laptop.

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3 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Have you maxed out your RAM? Replaced the hard drive with an SSD? If so, consider opening up the laptop, dusting it out and replacing the thermal paste on the CPU. Outside of that, get a new laptop.

Oof forgot to say it was a pc 😂

 

 

and I’m only using for mc

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4 minutes ago, Kanna said:

What will you be using it for I would maybe spice up the ram a little if the mobo supports and an ssd then it could be used for most tasks and some basic gaming like minecraft/csgo

Minecraft

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2 minutes ago, UniqueBird said:

Minecraft

Then getting the max ram the mobo supports and an SSD would be perfect, and maybe look for a used 960 / 970 card for gpu

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3 minutes ago, UniqueBird said:

Oof forgot to say it was a pc 😂

 

 

and I’m only using for mc

Also the Amd A9-9425 is a laptop chip so you maybe got something wrong

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9 minutes ago, UniqueBird said:

Oof forgot to say it was a pc 😂

 

 

and I’m only using for mc

Oh hell no, you're not stuck with one of those "ultra low power" prebuilts, are you?

 

Mind posting the model number? Sometimes those can be played with and improved, and usually they can't.

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41 minutes ago, UniqueBird said:

Aye y’all got any ideas on how to make my old pc faster

 

its a Amd A9-9425 and a Radeon r5

> SSD

> Ensure Dual-channel RAM @ fastest supported speed, for the GPU.

> Cut out ANY startup or background program that isn't strictly necessary.

> Go to a lightweight OS (Lubuntu, Arch Linux, Gentoo)

 

Post full specs and expectations (Programs, resolutions, etc.) for more precise advice.

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On 6/21/2020 at 5:32 PM, Kanna said:

Also the Amd A9-9425 is a laptop chip so you maybe got something wrong

I’m using the nitro 5, it’s a laptop

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On 6/21/2020 at 5:39 PM, aisle9 said:

Oh hell no, you're not stuck with one of those "ultra low power" prebuilts, are you?

 

Mind posting the model number? Sometimes those can be played with and improved, and usually they can't.

Oh bro I’m using the nitro 5

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15 hours ago, UniqueBird said:

I’m using the nitro 5, it’s a laptop

But you said pc above

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1 hour ago, Kanna said:

But you said pc above

Uh... you do know a laptop is a PC, right?

 

To OP: you really can't do much with those APUs to make it any quicker. Just ensure you have an SSD and dual-channel RAM of a decent speed and you're about as good as you can get with those, which is, to say, you aren't really doing much with that laptop.

 

EDIT: Never mind, AMD didn't even think that far ahead.

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2 minutes ago, Benji said:

single-channel DDR4-2133 RAM.

 

3 minutes ago, Benji said:

single-core chip with two Integer units and a single Floating Point unit

> Exactly why AMD wasn't taken seriously in the 15h years. I appreciate the fact checking.

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10 minutes ago, Benji said:

The dual-core CPUs from that generation only supported single-channel DDR4-2133 RAM.

Not gonna lie, I myself didn't even realize this. 

I guess I had no reason to, but holy fuck, that's poor, especially for a CPU that's as constricted as this one is.

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