Sluggish Laptop

[Supercian411]

Hello,

My laptop with an i5 5200u 8gb of ram and 1tb hdd  has been very sluggish recently and would like it to much faster, here are my options:

• Install an SSD - I dont particularity want to as my laptop isn't upgrade friendly 
• Save up for a new laptop

I also wondered if reinstalling windows would help, I mainly use the office suite, VS community 2017, Unity and some autodesk stuff.

 

Have you heard anything good about the lenovo e470 with an I5 and 940mx.

 

[kelvinhall05]

If the Lenovo you mentioned is the one you have, keep it and upgrade the HDD to an SSD. I'd do it anyways, even if it isn't the Lenovo you mentioned.

[Strayan_Hades]

12 minutes ago, Supercian411 said:

Hello,

My laptop with an i5 5200u 8gb of ram and 1tb hdd  has been very sluggish recently and would like it to much faster, here are my options:

• Install an SSD - I dont particularity want to as my laptop isn't upgrade friendly 
• Save up for a new laptop

I also wondered if reinstalling windows would help, I mainly use the office suite, VS community 2017, Unity and some autodesk stuff.

 

Have you heard anything good about the lenovo e470 with an I5 and 940mx.

 

Have you notice in the task manager 100% disk usage as well? 

[Supercian411]

1 minute ago, Strayan_Bass said:

Have you notice in the task manager 100% disk usage as well? 

Yep, Ill try and open VS and 20 mins in to class it start. i think il go with the SSD. 

13 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

If the Lenovo you mentioned is the one you have, keep it and upgrade the HDD to an SSD. I'd do it anyways, even if it isn't the Lenovo you mentioned.

I have the Asus x555la and its not exactly user friendly. you have to removed the back then pry off the keyboard hoping the clips dont snap. i was wonding about the Lenovo because id like on with better graphical capabilities for Unity.

[kelvinhall05]

6 minutes ago, Supercian411 said:

Yep, Ill try and open VS and 20 mins in to class it start. i think il go with the SSD. 

I have the Asus x555la and its not exactly user friendly. you have to removed the back then pry off the keyboard hoping the clips dont snap. i was wonding about the Lenovo because id like on with better graphical capabilities for Unity.

I've worked on multiple Asus laptops and I tend to find that only the keyboard deck comes off. Try just that.

[kirashi]

34 minutes ago, Supercian411 said:

Hello,

My laptop with an i5 5200u 8gb of ram and 1tb hdd  has been very sluggish recently and would like it to much faster, here are my options:

• Install an SSD - I dont particularity want to as my laptop isn't upgrade friendly 
• Save up for a new laptop

I also wondered if reinstalling windows would help, I mainly use the office suite, VS community 2017, Unity and some autodesk stuff.

 

Have you heard anything good about the lenovo e470 with an I5 and 940mx.

 

Replace the slow 5400RPM HDD with an SSD (like the manufacturer should have when the laptop was made) and you'll be good to go for a couple more years. There's a full guide on iFixit to do this for your particular series of ASUS laptop: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Asus+X555LA-SI305041+Hard+Drive+Replacement/51969