should i upgrade my ram or no?

[dreamcast4599]

ok so i was gifted a free lenovo thinkpad T510 it has a dual core first gen i5 in it. anyhow its uber slow it runs windows 10 and it currently had 2x2gig sticks installed for a total of 4gb of ram. installing a sata 2.5 inch ssd isnt really an option because i need more space than an ssd can provide in terms of cost a 2tb ssd isnt that cheap. would upgrading to 8 gigs of ram which is the max fix the slow down issues? i dont think upgrading to a core i7 would be worth it either seeing as how it only supports first gen dual core i7's thoughts? if it matters i use this laptop for watching movies off the hard drive 

[Haraikomono]

the ram upgrade wont really affect the speediness of your laptop, but id still recommend bec ddr3 is really cheap nowdaws

 

I'd recommend to get a CD sata bay for a second drive on your system, depending on if you need to have cd read capabilities.

if not then buy a cheap cd bay sta adapter of ebay, and put a 20$ ssd into it. that should be the difference between night and day

 

but the cpu upgrade might actually give you real results, the T500 series are really durable machines.

[Haraikomono]

follow up answer,

if you by any chance really think about investing 100+$ into the machine, Id rather recommend you to upgrade to a newer second hand modell, like the t530.

[dreamcast4599]

Just now, Haraikomono said:

the ram upgrade wont really affect the speediness of your laptop, but id still recommend bec ddr3 is really cheap nowdaws

 

I'd recommend to get a CD sata bay for a second drive on your system, depending on if you need to have cd read capabilities.

if not then buy a cheap cd bay sta adapter of ebay, and put a 20$ ssd into it. that should be the difference between night and day

 

but the cpu upgrade might actually give you real results, the T500 series are really durable machines.

 

i cant seem to find any info on what cpu's it supports

[Haraikomono]

1 minute ago, dreamcast4599 said:

 

i cant seem to find any info on what cpu's it supports

• Intel Core i7-720QM (1.66 GHz, 6 MB L3, 1333 MHz FSB)
• Intel Core i7-820QM (1.73 GHz, 8 MB L3, 1333 MHz FSB)
• Intel Core i7-920XM (2.00 GHz, 8 MB L3, 1333 MHz FSB)

[Orian Pax]

Just like Haraikomono said and

if u want to be bit more faster then

A Linux maybe (here, Linux mint) to make it a bit snappier.

 

(But u gotta find if all the software u want are present on Linux.)

[dreamcast4599]

5 minutes ago, Orian Pax said:

Just like Haraikomono said and

if u want to be bit more faster then

A Linux maybe (here, Linux mint) to make it a bit snappier.

 

(But u gotta find if all the software u want are present on Linux.)

i havent used linux mint in ages lol

 

[Orian Pax]

Just now, dreamcast4599 said:

i havent used linux mint in ages lol

 

Oh, either way I was just adding, from everything I know, to not miss out this option.

 

Spoiler alert -

mint 21 is actually really good. (Felt more stable than 19 and 20)