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Should I Upgrade Or Just Get An SSD with more ram

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I have a Lenovo A340 and its pretty slow been looking for an upgrade should i upgrade or get a ssd and ram?

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depends on your budget and what your looking to do with it.

what do you mean by "its pretty slow" 

 

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1 minute ago, SignatureSigner said:

depends on your budget and what your looking to do with it.

what do you mean by "its pretty slow" 

 

1 or 2 minute of boot time

 

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1 minute ago, Marvel 563 said:

1 or 2 minute of boot time

 

check your startup apps via task manager.

 

Does it have a hard drive currently? 

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1 minute ago, Marvel 563 said:

1 or 2 minute of boot time

 

on a laptop? thats pretty  normal. get a ssd if you have a hdd

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yes i use a hardrive for my boot drive

 

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For day to day tasks, HDD vs SSD as boot drive is a huge difference.

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1 minute ago, Marvel 563 said:

yes i use a hardrive for my boot drive

 

An SSD would be a worthy upgrade but I would check your startup apps first and disable anything that you don't want starting when you boot your PC.

 

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Just now, SignatureSigner said:

An SSD would be a worthy upgrade but I would check your startup apps first and disable anything that you don't want starting when you boot your PC.

 

any ssd recommendations?

it does support m.2

 

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Just now, Marvel 563 said:

any ssd recommendations?

it does support m.2

 

How much storage do you need? Does it currently have a 1TB HDD or do you need more.

I've been running a Samsung drive and have had no issues but really its whatever fits in your budget and meets your requirements. 

 

you can get a WD blue 500gb drive for under 50$ (SATA) but I don't believe it has a dram cache.

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Just now, SignatureSigner said:

How much storage do you need? Does it currently have a 1TB HDD or do you need more.

I've been running a Samsung drive and have had no issues but really its whatever fits in your budget and meets your requirements. 

 

you can get a WD blue 500gb drive for under 50$ (SATA) but I don't believe it has a dram cache.

yeah i have a 1tb hdd

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What are you trying to do on the system?

 

If it's just office tasks, browsing,... then yes getting a ssd and putting windows and programs on that will be  huge boost in snappiness.

 

 

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Just now, jaslion said:

What are you trying to do on the system?

 

If it's just office tasks, browsing,... then yes getting a ssd and putting windows and programs on that will be  huge boost in snappiness.

 

 

gaming

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Just now, Marvel 563 said:

yeah i have a 1tb hdd

is ur m.2 nvme or sata?

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Just now, Marvel 563 said:

gaming

a ssd is a must

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Just now, Tomberry said:

is ur m.2 nvme or sata?

sata

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5 minutes ago, Marvel 563 said:

yeah i have a 1tb hdd

a crusial p5 plus is a greatg chap o nvme

 

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Just now, GOATWD said:

a crusial p5 plus is a greatg chap o nvme

 

no in indonesia it not cheap

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If you thinking about upgrade the answer is always yes 

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Just now, Marvel 563 said:

no in indonesia it not cheap

ahh sorry to hear im english and its quit cheap over hear check out the kindgtson nv 2 is one of thed cheapst gen 4 nvmes outhether

 

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2 minutes ago, GOATWD said:

a crusial p5 plus is a greatg chap o nvme

 

yh but that is nvme so its not going to work he needs a sata drive

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1 minute ago, GOATWD said:

ahh sorry to hear im english and its quit cheap over hear check out the kindgtson nv 2 is one of thed cheapst gen 4 nvmes outhether

 

op needs nvme

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2 minutes ago, SydneyAngel said:

If you thinking about upgrade the answer is always yes 

ummmm no. if you are getting the performance you need then no. or if your on a old platform it might be better to get a whole new pc

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1 minute ago, Tomberry said:

yh but that is nvme so its not going to work he needs a sata drive

 uhh i dont need a sata drive you can give me recomendation of sata drive or nvme

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