[SOLVED] Acer Veriton L480G upgrade

[Rockyyyy]

Hello, I recently got in my hands an old pc Acer Veriton L480G without any hdd. I was thinking about getting an SSD and change ram sticks to 2x2gb (it currently has only 2x1gb) so I can give it to my young cousin so that she can use it to browse the web and watch movies on it. Is it worth the upgrade? If so, what kind of ram sticks should I look for and what kind of SSD?
Also what is the best OS to install on it? Thanks everyone

 

[Tfo052]

Hello, that is a very old pc but it would still be ok for web browsing with upgrades. You need 2 sticks of 2GB DDR3 (brand doesn't really matter just look at the reviews for it) and for this I would recommend a kingston A400 240GB SSD as it isn't that fastest SSD but the computer is the bottleneck here and I have had very good experiences with these ssds.

Because it is old, it might benefit (just be a bit faster) from ubuntu as it is more lightweight than windows if you were comfortable with linux.

 

[Rockyyyy]

Thank you for your reply!
Newbie question, how do I connect the ssd to this motherboard?

 

[Tfo052]

There will be a hard drive caddy inside with the old hard drive in it. Just remove the old hard drive and plug the ssd into where the hard drive went because they have the same connectors.

 

[Rockyyyy]

Thank you a lot!

 

[Rockyyyy]

Hello, that is a very old pc but it would still be ok for web browsing with upgrades. You need 2 sticks of 2GB DDR3 (brand doesn't really matter just look at the reviews for it) and for this I would recommend a kingston A400 240GB SSD as it isn't that fastest SSD but the computer is the bottleneck here and I have had very good experiences with these ssds.

Because it is old, it might benefit (just be a bit faster) from ubuntu as it is more lightweight than windows if you were comfortable with linux.

Hello again, I just got the ssd today and it works fine. I also got the ram but they dont work with it.. they are 2x DDR3 2gb SODIMM (PC3-8500) 1066 MHZ and the pc makes a long beep sound when I try to boot it up. I swapped the the old 2x1gb ram it has and it worked fine. I honestly have no idea why these ram sticks dont work with it

 

[Tfo052]

Try to boot it with one ram stick at a time because it seems like one of the sticks could be dead

 

[Rockyyyy]

Try to boot it with one ram stick at a time because it seems like one of the sticks could be dead

I tried already but none would work, is it possible that this old crappy pc doesnt work with those?

 

[Tfo052]

I am not sure why that doesn't work as it can take 4gb of ram. Do you have any other ddr3 ram lying around to test it with?

 

[Rockyyyy]

I am not sure why that doesn't work as it can take 4gb of ram. Do you have any other ddr3 ram lying around to test it with?

Not really, I googled it up and some other guys had issues with installing ram in this old crap. I will return these sticks and try to look for other sticks