laptop Can someone tell me what is required for my laptop to not take a million years to turn do something!

[CiaranXIX]

I have had this laptop for over 5 years and want to know what I need to get it to just work and not take ages just to do something just looking to do uni work on it nothing extreme. I believe I need more ram is this correct and where would. I get it. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thankyou 

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, CiaranXIX said:

not take ages just to do something just looking to do uni work on it nothing extreme.

More RAM, and an SSD. Without telling us the model of the laptop, I can't point you in the right direction for more RAM

[Vishera]

Just now, CiaranXIX said:

I believe I need more ram is this correct and where would.

Look at your disk usage,it's not RAM you need,but a SSD.

Your hard drive is struggling.

[TheJedi]

Your computer is not bad, the processor is decent and it has good graphics. 

 

When looking at your memory though, I noticed you only have 4GBs.

 

This is probably what is causing it to be slow.

 

You probably want to consider upgrading it.

 

What is the model of the laptop?

[MESSERR]

it looks like your hard drive usage is going 100% so that slows down everything when booting up the system. You can get a ssd to make it boot faster or you can remove unecessary programs when startup

[CiaranXIX]

Hopefully this gives you guys more to go on, it is a custom pc specialist build 

[CiaranXIX]

18 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

More RAM, and an SSD. Without telling us the model of the laptop, I can't point you in the right direction for more RAM

Does this help with you to find out that is needed? 

[CiaranXIX]

20 minutes ago, CloudPC said:

Your computer is not bad, the processor is decent and it has good graphics. 

 

When looking at your memory though, I noticed you only have 4GBs.

 

This is probably what is causing it to be slow.

 

You probably want to consider upgrading it.

 

What is the model of the laptop?

Does this help figure that out ?

[Vishera]

Just now, CiaranXIX said:

Hopefully this gives you guys more to go on, it is a custom pc specialist build

The problem is your hard drive...

SSD is the solution.

[TotallyNotGigabit]

Swap the HDD out for a nice SSD. Bump the RAM to 8GB or 16GB. Your machine will FLY after that.

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, CiaranXIX said:

Does this help with you to find out that is needed? 

Sort of, Google lists the laptop, but not the manual on specs, nor how to get into the laptop to upgrade the RAM.

Where did you get it from? It's not a name brand I am familiar with.

[CiaranXIX]

Just now, TotallyNotGigabit said:

Swap the HDD out for a nice SSD. Bump the RAM to 8GB or 16GB. Your machine will FLY after that.

I have no idea where to look and what to look for any advice ie links to pages if possible? Fed up of this slow ass machine lol

[CiaranXIX]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Sort of, Google lists the laptop, but not the manual on specs, nor how to get into the laptop to upgrade the RAM.

Where did you get it from? It's not a name brand I am familiar with.

I love in the uk and it’s from pc specialist which is massive over here ie most you tubers actually are sponsored by them here anything I can look up on the laptop or open it up to get you a better idea ?

[TotallyNotGigabit]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

It's not a name brand I am familiar with

PCSpecialist is like Sager or XoticPC, but they sell custom laptops for the UK market.

 

1 minute ago, CiaranXIX said:

I have no idea where to look and what to look for any advice ie links to pages if possible? Fed up of this slow ass machine lol

There should be a model number under it. Note it down and look it up for a guide on how to do it. My brother has a PCSpecialist laptop and upgrading his machine wasn't difficult, there's a maintenance hatch to remove to get to it.

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, CiaranXIX said:

open it up to get you a better idea ?

Typically RAM slots are located on the underside of the laptop. Power it off, unplug it, remove battery (if possible) and post a pic of the underside of the laptop, let's see what we are working with here

[CiaranXIX]

1 minute ago, TotallyNotGigabit said:

PCSpecialist is like Sager or XoticPC, but they sell custom laptops for the UK market.

 

There should be a model number under it. Note it down and look it up for a guide on how to do it. My brother has a PCSpecialist laptop and upgrading his machine wasn't difficult, there's a maintenance hatch to remove to get to it.

Best thing is to open up the laptop and have a look at it ?

[CiaranXIX]

5 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Typically RAM slots are located on the underside of the laptop. Power it off, unplug it, remove battery (if possible) and post a pic of the underside of the laptop, let's see what we are working with here

Opened it up don’t know how to take it out lol

[TotallyNotGigabit]

6 minutes ago, CiaranXIX said:

Best thing is to open up the laptop and have a look at it ?

Yeah. Definitely. Hope you got a kit of screws to open the maintenance cover.

[CiaranXIX]

Just now, TotallyNotGigabit said:

Yeah. Definitely. Hope you got a kit of screws to open the maintenance cover.

 

1 minute ago, CiaranXIX said:

Opened it up don’t know how to take it out lol

 

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, CiaranXIX said:

Opened it up don’t know how to take it out lol

Ok, the left most slots are where your RAM goes. Only one slot is occupied, a safe bet is get an identical stick for a total of 8GB of RAM, which will help.

Below the RAM slots is the hard drive, that could/should be replaced with an SSD 

[CiaranXIX]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ok, the left most slots are where your RAM goes. Only one slot is occupied, a safe bet is get an identical stick for a total of 8GB of RAM, which will help.

Below the RAM slots is the hard drive, that could/should be replaced with an SSD 

Any advice on what sad to get and will the sad just slot in once the hard drive is out?

[TotallyNotGigabit]

3 minutes ago, CiaranXIX said:

Opened it up don’t know how to take it out lol

You have an option between adding more RAM with your current module. Or both with an upgrade to RAM capacity and be in dual channel (which I'd go for). For the HDD, swap it out for an Crucial MX500 or a Samsung EVO SSD. You'll have to clone or fresh install when you do though.

 

Those two metal latches on the sides of the RAM can be gently pulled apart to release the module. And the HDD will be in a caddy you'd have to install on the new drive.

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, CiaranXIX said:

Any advice on what sad to get and will the sad just slot in once the hard drive is out?

If you don't know how to do this sort of stuff, it's best to take it to a PC repair shop.

[CiaranXIX]

1 minute ago, TotallyNotGigabit said:

You have an option between adding more RAM with your current module. Or both with an upgrade to RAM capacity and be in dual channel (which I'd go for). For the HDD, swap it out for an Crucial MX500 or a Samsung EVO SSD. You'll have to clone or fresh install when you do though.

 

Those two metal latches on the sides of the RAM can be gently pulled apart to release the module. And the HDD will be in a caddy you'd have to install on the new drive.

Thanks! Got them both out guess it’s time for a little more research and buying 

[DavidKalinowski]

something like this for memory

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2KIT102464BF160B-PC3L-12800-SODIMM-204-Pin/dp/B007B5S52C/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Crucial+16GB+(2+x+8GB)+204-Pin+DDR3&qid=1601392803&sr=8-5

 

or a cheaper option (using Hynix chips, which generally are not bad)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Timetec-PC3-10600-Unbuffered-Notebook-Computer/dp/B0742RW5Y9/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=16GB+(2+x+8GB)+204-Pin+DDR3&qid=1601392860&sr=8-8

 

SSD

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-MX500-CT500MX500SSD1-NAND-Internal/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=SSD&qid=1601392911&sr=8-4

 

or

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ-76E500B-EU-Solid-State/dp/B078WQT6S6/ref=sxin_9_ac_d_rm?ac_md=4-3-c2Ftc3VuZyBzc2Q%3D-ac_d_rm&cv_ct_cx=SSD&dchild=1&keywords=SSD&pd_rd_i=B078WQT6S6&pd_rd_r=383ab790-a0d9-4a4a-894c-4fc4d95929ff&pd_rd_w=8jN80&pd_rd_wg=RBgfQ&pf_rd_p=17aec670-a34a-456d-b214-b9a882c785b0&pf_rd_r=K9H8PDT08PY341RE2PEM&psc=1&qid=1601392911&sr=1-4-fe323411-17bb-433b-b2f8-c44f2e1370d4

 

The samsung has IIRC a 5 year warranty and I think the crucial also has a 5 year warranty, but I am not sure. Either drive will be very nice and make that machine feel amazing. I put a cheaper kingston drive in my old laptop with a dual core i5 and 16 gigs of ram. It may not game super great but for my wifes usage it dosent have too. school/office work is a breeze.