Upgrading old PC. RAM, SSD, or both but...

[Insulares]

My old pc has only 2gbddr2 memory. Which option should I choose? As you can see my budget is very limited and I can only choose one way to upgrade my old pc.

Option 1: add 2gbmemory
Option 2: add 128gb sdd
Option 3: add 60gbssd and 2gb memory

Thank you! It will be used for basic cut to cut video editing.

 

[InvalidError]

Not having enough RAM to comfortably run the software you want to use will cause the swapfile to burn a hole through whatever SSD you may buy, so I'd put upgrading the memory well above the SSD on the priority list. If you have a 32bits OS though, keep in mind that installing 4GB of RAM will only yield 3.2-3.5GB usable due to address space reserved for MMIO.

 

[Insulares]

Not having enough RAM to comfortably run the software you want to use will cause the swapfile to burn a hole through whatever SSD you may buy, so I'd put upgrading the memory well above the SSD on the priority list. If you have a 32bits OS though, keep in mind that installing 4GB of RAM will only yield 3.2-3.5GB usable due to address space reserved for MMIO.

So is it best to add 2gb ram and a 60gb SSD?

 

[mazboy]

Umm...max out the RAM your system can use. DDR2 RAM is cheap, so if you have to toss a 2GB stick to buy 2x4GB to fill your two available slots, do that (I'm shooting in the dark here, but I'm guessing you either have 2 total available slots, or, worse, a single slot if it's a laptop). Don't spend your money on an SSD, save it for a new system. It's entirely possible you computer is only running a SATA II bus, so an SSD would be wasted. It would sort of be wasted even in a SATA III slot.

 

[Insulares]

Umm...max out the RAM your system can use. DDR2 RAM is cheap, so if you have to toss a 2GB stick to buy 2x4GB to fill your two available slots, do that (I'm shooting in the dark here, but I'm guessing you either have 2 total available slots, or, worse, a single slot if it's a laptop). Don't spend your money on an SSD, save it for a new system. It's entirely possible you computer is only running a SATA II bus, so an SSD would be wasted. It would sort of be wasted even in a SATA III slot.

Its a desktop pc. The mobo is a Foxconn mcp73m06. I'm completly noob when it comes to this but Isn't the SSD backwards compatible?

 

[InvalidError]

So is it best to add 2gb ram and a 60gb SSD?

It is best to put as much RAM as you can (or can be bothered to) in that system before wasting a dollar on an SSD. As I wrote earlier, if you don't have enough RAM to comfortably run whatever software you want to run on it, the swapfile will ruin the SSD in short order, so no point in having an SSD until you have enough RAM to prevent that.

If you have a 64bits OS and your motherboard has four DIMM slots, then you should be able to use 4x2GB for 8GB total if you can find an affordable kit.