[SOLVED] RAM and deterioration over time

[dajjorg]

Hi all,

I’m looking to buy a new PC. I don’t game or video edit, i only use my PC to make very basic powerpoints and for web browsing. I bought a dirt cheap 4GB ram laptop that worked sufficiently fast for my very basic needs the first 2 years, but has been dirt slow the last 2 years 🙁

Would buying a pc with more RAM (8, 12, or 16GB) also mean a longer shelf life for getting decent speeds out of it? Or is any PC, regardless of how many GB’s of RAM it initially has, gonna become dirt slow after a couple years use?

 

[USAFRet]

Well, both SSD and Ram stick have been ordered. Youtube tutorials seem to abound on how to install them both, and yeah, the clean install before I put in the SSD.

USAFRet, thank you immensely. If you ever find yourself back in Madrid, dig up this old thread and hit me up, drinks will be on me. My word is my bond.

You're on!

(but the clean install happens AFTER you install the new SSD)

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[dajjorg]

(but the clean install happens AFTER you install the new SSD)

Hey USAFRet, gonna be installing that new SSD tonight, pretty pumped.

Just wondering, after doing the clean install and then reinstalling all my old programs one by one, are those paid programs (Microsoft Office, Norton, etc..) gonna detect my new SSD as a new computer and give me problems with reinstalling them? I think their licenses are all transferable to new PC's, and I still have the the registration codes/product keys for them all, but it might be a pain in the ass to (especially if i don't uninstall them prior to taking out the old Hard Disk).

 

[USAFRet]

Hey USAFRet, gonna be installing that new SSD tonight, pretty pumped.

Just wondering, after doing the clean install and then reinstalling all my old programs one by one, are those paid programs (Microsoft Office, Norton, etc..) gonna detect my new SSD as a new computer and give me problems with reinstalling them? I think their licenses are all transferable to new PC's, and I still have the the registration codes/product keys for them all, but it might be a pain in the ass to (especially if i don't uninstall them prior to taking out the old Hard Disk).

If you have the license code, you enter it when it asks during its install.

 

[dajjorg]

If you have the license code, you enter it when it asks during its install.

Wow, I just popped the SSD in yesterday and did the clean install, this is like a new friggin' computer. I'm a little dumbstruck.

My only worry is that redownloading all the old programs will slow things down and hamper performance. Is that something that I need to worry about? Should I take a long hard look at which programs I don't really need any longer or can do without?

 

[USAFRet]

Wow, I just popped the SSD in yesterday and did the clean install, this is like a new friggin' computer. I'm a little dumbstruck.

My only worry is that redownloading all the old programs will slow things down and hamper performance. Is that something that I need to worry about? Should I take a long hard look at which programs I don't really need any longer or can do without?

The ONLY thing you need to worry about is filling it up too much. Put ALL of your applications on it.
Don't do over about 80% actual consumed space.

For a 500GB drive, don't fill it past 400GB, and so on.

These things are meant to be used, not babied. My system is SSD only, and has been for years.

 

[dajjorg]

These things are meant to be used, not babied. My system is SSD only, and has been for years.

Hey USAFRet, so I just realized I forgot to migrate some of my files over from my old HHD, and that i'd also like to check out the settings on some of my programs so as to duplicate those settings to those same programs on my new SSD.

I bought a SATA to USB adapter, but my primordial research tells me that I'm unable to boot Windows 10 on the HHD using this cable barring the Windows to Go option (which is not available to my license of Windows 10), and that my only option to reboot the old HHD would be to temporarily take out the SSD and plug the old HHD back into the SATA port. Is this the case?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, that is the case.