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Open task manager, and keep it open when your doing things where the laptop has trouble with.  SSD's go a long ways in quickening a computer.  My old ASUS GT72 with a Core 2 Duo out boots by at least a factor of 2 over my wife's laptop with a i5-6xxxU in it running off a HDD.  Her task manager reads that the Disk is maxed out for about 2min after booting up.

 

Ultimately, there's only so much you can do to speed up that old of hardware...

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3 minutes ago, brandonmufc06 said:

I have a HP notebook 15 laptop and it is running extremely slow. It does not have an ssd it has 4gb ddr3 ram and an Intel Pentium @2.66 ghz. I would appreciate suggestions on how to speed it up. 

Thanks. 

ahh lovely pentium. what year pc is it abd how mutch does it cost?

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1 hour ago, brandonmufc06 said:

I have a HP notebook 15 laptop and it is running extremely slow. It does not have an ssd it has 4gb ddr3 ram and an Intel Pentium @2.66 ghz. I would appreciate suggestions on how to speed it up. 

Thanks. 

Get an SSD. It will make it in to a new machine. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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1 hour ago, liquidmagma said:

not if the cpu and gpu are causing the slowness due to weak computing power.

Trust me, HDD's cause much of the slow downs. I upgraded my desktop and it made noticeable difference. I doubt the op is using this machine for gaming. It should do enough to keep that machine out of the scrap heap for a few more years. The only issue I see is the OS. What OS is the op using? If Windows XP, then an SSD might not be a good idea, because Windows XP was never designed for SSD's. If the OP is using Windows 10, then an SSD is a must due to the disk usage bug, that I have only noticed on machines with hard drives. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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9 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Trust me, HDD's cause much of the slow downs. I upgraded my desktop and it made noticeable difference. I doubt the op is using this machine for gaming. It should do enough to keep that machine out of the scrap heap for a few more years. The only issue I see is the OS. What OS is the op using? If Windows XP, then an SSD might not be a good idea, because Windows XP was never designed for SSD's. If the OP is using Windows 10, then an SSD is a must due to the disk usage bug, that I have only noticed on machines with hard drives. 

I have just checked task manager and the CPU usage is through the roof (80-100%) while watching YouTube videos. The ram usage is also quite high(70%). I have also noticed in the past that the HDD is at 100% at start up and I am averaging about 40 secs boot up time according to 360 security. Suggestions please.

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1 minute ago, brandonmufc06 said:

I have just checked task manager and the CPU usage is through the roof (80-100%) while watching YouTube videos. The ram usage is also quite high(70%). I have also noticed in the past that the HDD is at 100% at start up and I am averaging about 40 secs boot up time according to 360 security. Suggestions please.

ARGH!

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

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36 minutes ago, brandonmufc06 said:

I have just checked task manager and the CPU usage is through the roof (80-100%) while watching YouTube videos. The ram usage is also quite high(70%). I have also noticed in the past that the HDD is at 100% at start up and I am averaging about 40 secs boot up time according to 360 security. Suggestions please.

Well CPU you cant do shit about. Ram you can upgrade, but your still not using all of it. When you start getting close to 90% usage, then you might consider upgrading it. An SSD will help with boot times and loading times of programs. 

 

Also as @Anghammarad pointed out in big red lettering, Norton is kinda meh. Many of the bigger security companies have software that is bloated. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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15 hours ago, brandonmufc06 said:

I have just checked task manager and the CPU usage is through the roof (80-100%) while watching YouTube videos. The ram usage is also quite high(70%). I have also noticed in the past that the HDD is at 100% at start up and I am averaging about 40 secs boot up time according to 360 security. Suggestions please.

well an ssd wont help boost cpu. so just buy a new pc or do clean reinstall of your windows to get rid of bloatware that is slowing your pc down.

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