Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My best friend's son has been trying to build a gaming laptop for some time, and has purchased the parts below. He has nobody to help him troubleshoot things so when he couldn't get it to boot, I offered to help. I managed to get it set up and working, but the OS runs REALLY REALLY SLOW. like turn-it-on-and-go-make-a-sandwich-while-it-boots slow.
I've turned off all the fancy things in Win10, if there's any other steps outside of components to help the system run better, please let me know - I've built systems before but nothing for gaming, and typically in the $1k range. I'm hoping to get some advice on how to best improve his modest budget build so that he can at least enjoy his first build. I don't want this to discourage him from wanting to do this again. Any advice as to what components to improve speed/performance, I really appreciate your feedback. I'm guessing 1) additional RAM, and 2) an SSD harddrive?
Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts.
Thermaltake H17 micro atx case
https://www.newegg.com/black-thermaltake-versa-h17-micro-gaming-chassis/p/N82E16811133364?Description=thermaltake H17&cm_re=thermaltake_H17--11-133-364--Product
ASUS M5178L-M Plus Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/M5A78L-M-Plu...A78L-M+Plus+Motherboard&qid=1573525290&sr=8-1
Corsair Vengence LP 8GB RAM (2x4GB)
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-8gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram/p/N82E16820233186?Item=N82E16820233186
EVGA GeForce FTX 1050 SC Gaming Graphics Card
https://www.newegg.com/evga-geforce-gtx-1050-03g-p4-6153-kr/p/N82E16814487400?Item=N82E16814487400
AMD FX8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-core 4GHz CPU
https://www.newegg.com/amd-fx-8000-...edition/p/N82E16819113284?Item=9SIA2W06XB3632
WD Caviar Green 1TB 7200 HD
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E168221...re=WD_Caviar_Green_1TB-_-22-136-317-_-Product
Corsair CX Series CX500 500W PSU
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-cx-s...a-500w/p/N82E16817139027?Item=N82E16817139027
Monitor is a hand-me-down Dell
Approximate Purchase Date: immediate
Budget Range: small budget, $200 (based on estimate for ram and ssd) of upgraded parts I'm hoping will suffice, if I'm off, let me know
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 10yr old kid;s gaming computer
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: looking for recommendations to improve performance
Do you need to buy OS: No, have a licensed copy of Windows 10
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: the usual, newegg, amazon are fine
Location: Wisconsin
Parts Preferences: existing ram is corsair
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1600x900
Additional Comments: na
Thank you to those who take the time to point me in the right direction.
I've turned off all the fancy things in Win10, if there's any other steps outside of components to help the system run better, please let me know - I've built systems before but nothing for gaming, and typically in the $1k range. I'm hoping to get some advice on how to best improve his modest budget build so that he can at least enjoy his first build. I don't want this to discourage him from wanting to do this again. Any advice as to what components to improve speed/performance, I really appreciate your feedback. I'm guessing 1) additional RAM, and 2) an SSD harddrive?
Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts.
Thermaltake H17 micro atx case
https://www.newegg.com/black-thermaltake-versa-h17-micro-gaming-chassis/p/N82E16811133364?Description=thermaltake H17&cm_re=thermaltake_H17--11-133-364--Product
ASUS M5178L-M Plus Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/M5A78L-M-Plu...A78L-M+Plus+Motherboard&qid=1573525290&sr=8-1
Corsair Vengence LP 8GB RAM (2x4GB)
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-8gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram/p/N82E16820233186?Item=N82E16820233186
EVGA GeForce FTX 1050 SC Gaming Graphics Card
https://www.newegg.com/evga-geforce-gtx-1050-03g-p4-6153-kr/p/N82E16814487400?Item=N82E16814487400
AMD FX8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-core 4GHz CPU
https://www.newegg.com/amd-fx-8000-...edition/p/N82E16819113284?Item=9SIA2W06XB3632
WD Caviar Green 1TB 7200 HD
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E168221...re=WD_Caviar_Green_1TB-_-22-136-317-_-Product
Corsair CX Series CX500 500W PSU
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-cx-s...a-500w/p/N82E16817139027?Item=N82E16817139027
Monitor is a hand-me-down Dell
Approximate Purchase Date: immediate
Budget Range: small budget, $200 (based on estimate for ram and ssd) of upgraded parts I'm hoping will suffice, if I'm off, let me know
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 10yr old kid;s gaming computer
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: looking for recommendations to improve performance
Do you need to buy OS: No, have a licensed copy of Windows 10
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: the usual, newegg, amazon are fine
Location: Wisconsin
Parts Preferences: existing ram is corsair
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1600x900
Additional Comments: na
Thank you to those who take the time to point me in the right direction.
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