My wife has a Dell Inspiron 15 5568
i7 5600U w/ Integrated graphics
8GB RAM 2x4GB 2133MHz
1TB 5400RPM HDD
Windows 10
I am thinking about upgrading my wifes laptop rather than replacing it. She only uses it for social media, work with quickbooks, music, and light gaming. Nothing too stressful. The system is painfully slow to startup, run, and switch between tasks. The HDD only has 213GB on it bit is almost always running at 100% in task manager unless doing nothing at all.
My thoughts are to upgrade to:
16GB RAM https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0722Q3243/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
1TB SSD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078DPCY3T/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_5?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Replace the battery https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T54BMPS/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_6?smid=A24YXKUDSCTOZA&psc=1
My thought is spend $300 bucks and give her something that will be leaps and bounds better than what she is currently using. If i upgrade only these parts, is the CPU going to bottleneck anything? I understand it can't run intensive games, that's ok. But should she be able to zip from task to task with no problems after these upgrades? Or should I just think about replacing the laptop for a few hundred more?
Can the CPU be upgraded by a professional? I get that it is soldered in (most likely), and that I should not do it at all.
Any other suggestions to upgrade it? I appreciate your replies in advance.
Edit: Ran Crystaldiskmark on my HDD, and ewwww...
Edit 2: Added Ram sticks and speed. Checking on dell.com they offer 2400MHz ram. I would upgrade from 2133-2400.
Edit 3: Linked the wrong stick of RAM. Fixed.
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 79.281 MB/s [ 75.6 IOPS] <104862.80 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 32.508 MB/s [ 31.0 IOPS] < 32207.15 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 0.591 MB/s [ 144.3 IOPS] <744801.57 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.171 MB/s [ 41.7 IOPS] < 23838.85 us>
[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 71.932 MB/s [ 68.6 IOPS] <115193.20 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 53.689 MB/s [ 51.2 IOPS] < 19503.75 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 1.042 MB/s [ 254.4 IOPS] <566394.69 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.662 MB/s [ 161.6 IOPS] < 5291.81 us>
Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED>
Date: 2020/02/17 20:53:45
OS: Windows 10 [10.0 Build 18362] (x64)
i7 5600U w/ Integrated graphics
8GB RAM 2x4GB 2133MHz
1TB 5400RPM HDD
Windows 10
I am thinking about upgrading my wifes laptop rather than replacing it. She only uses it for social media, work with quickbooks, music, and light gaming. Nothing too stressful. The system is painfully slow to startup, run, and switch between tasks. The HDD only has 213GB on it bit is almost always running at 100% in task manager unless doing nothing at all.
My thoughts are to upgrade to:
16GB RAM https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0722Q3243/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
1TB SSD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078DPCY3T/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_5?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Replace the battery https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T54BMPS/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_6?smid=A24YXKUDSCTOZA&psc=1
My thought is spend $300 bucks and give her something that will be leaps and bounds better than what she is currently using. If i upgrade only these parts, is the CPU going to bottleneck anything? I understand it can't run intensive games, that's ok. But should she be able to zip from task to task with no problems after these upgrades? Or should I just think about replacing the laptop for a few hundred more?
Can the CPU be upgraded by a professional? I get that it is soldered in (most likely), and that I should not do it at all.
Any other suggestions to upgrade it? I appreciate your replies in advance.
Edit: Ran Crystaldiskmark on my HDD, and ewwww...
Edit 2: Added Ram sticks and speed. Checking on dell.com they offer 2400MHz ram. I would upgrade from 2133-2400.
Edit 3: Linked the wrong stick of RAM. Fixed.
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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- MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
- KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 79.281 MB/s [ 75.6 IOPS] <104862.80 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 32.508 MB/s [ 31.0 IOPS] < 32207.15 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 0.591 MB/s [ 144.3 IOPS] <744801.57 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.171 MB/s [ 41.7 IOPS] < 23838.85 us>
[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 71.932 MB/s [ 68.6 IOPS] <115193.20 us>
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 53.689 MB/s [ 51.2 IOPS] < 19503.75 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 1.042 MB/s [ 254.4 IOPS] <566394.69 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 0.662 MB/s [ 161.6 IOPS] < 5291.81 us>
Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED>
Date: 2020/02/17 20:53:45
OS: Windows 10 [10.0 Build 18362] (x64)
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