Why my PC is abysmally slow ? What changes can i make or replace something ?

[pratiksomkuwar11]

My pc is very slow to multitasking,browsing and other normal stuff.
This is what I have :
1)4 GB DDR3 Ram
2)AM1M-S2H MOTHERBOARD
3)AMD SEMPRON 2650 APU 1.45 GHZ
4)WDC WD10 EZEX-08WN4A0 SATA DISK DEVICE HARD DISK
5)WINDOWS 7 32 Bit
6)PSU: SMPS TECHNO PLUS 450 20+4PIN SATA
All drivers are updated up to date.

 

[theyeti87]

The CPU is very weak, amount of RAM is low. You're prohibited from using any more RAM with that operating system as it is 32-bit and can only address 4GB of RAM. The problem is compounded when the APU/CPU you're using consumes system RAM for video RAM.

Page file has to be pretty large and used often in your PC, and that's running from an old HDD.

In short - your system is outdated.

 

[pratiksomkuwar11]

Even if it is outdated, i want to make it work for normal things.

 

[theyeti87]

Even if it is outdated, i want to make it work for normal things.

You need more RAM, but before you can use it you need to buy a 64-bit version of Windows. That's at least $150-$200 right there.

A Solid State Drive would improve overall performance of your system as well.

Do you game?
If so, you'll want a graphics card. If you want a graphics card you'll want a quality power supply.

It sounds a lot to me like a money pit.

If you don't game, I would seriously run Ubuntu or some other version of Linux. Your PC, as it currently is, will surely perform better in a Linux environment.

 

[Corwin65]

Just like the answer we gave you on the other thread. You need a new system.

 

[pratiksomkuwar11]

Corwin65, I'm really poor
I just bought this pc for 190$ 5 months ago.
New system is just a dream.

 

[Corwin65]

I can understand completely.

Only thing you can do is limit multitasking. Do only one thing at a time.

Limit any programs running in the background.

Try a Linux distribution as mentioned above it might help.

Unfortunately not much more to do without spending more money.

 

[spdragoo]

Yes, that is a pretty weak dual-core CPU you have there. It's an 8th-tier CPU (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html), & being a Socket AM1/FS1b CPU it's going to be hard to find a better one. In fact, of the supported CPUs (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AM1M-S2H-rev-10#support-cpu), I couldn't find any of the other ones (including the quad-core Sempron) on the hierarchy list. Nor could I find information (even on AMD's own site) for those "Athlon X4" CPU models listed.

However...

I did find some info on the "Athlon 5370" APU, which appears to be the fastest CPU you have available. Based on AMD's specs for it (http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-Athlon%E2%84%A2-APUs/AMD-Athlon%E2%84%A2-Quad-Core-APU/Athlon%E2%84%A2-5370-APU-with-Radeon%E2%84%A2-R3-Series/182), it looks like it's extremely similar to their A6-5200 APU (http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-A-Series-Processors/AMD-A6-Series-APU-for-Desktops/A6-5200-with-Radeon%E2%84%A2-HD-8400/41). Neither one, unfortunately, is on the hierarchy list. If I had to guess, however, I'd say it's roughly comparable to the A6-3670K, which would make it a 5th-tier chip.

The benefit you'd get from the CPU is more cores (going from a 2C/2T CPU to a 4C/4T CPU) & much faster core speeds (about 50% faster). It's in no ways going to be anywhere near any kind of "gaming" machine, but it would probably help out for normal workloads. The only issue is going to be finding one available (used or new).

Barring that, you're limited because of using 32-bit Windows on your RAM. What I would strongly recommend is a couple of things:

1. Get a discrete GPU. Doesn't have to be anything powerful -- in fact, a cheap GT 1030 would be more than sufficient. The main benefit is that, instead of having some of your system RAM being used by the integrated graphics, it can be handled by a separate GPU.

2. Get an SSD, at least 120GB but preferably 250GB, & reinstall your OS there. Again, there's not a whole lot of benefit for gaming, but your startup/application loading times will drop significantly. The only caveat is that, with only 2 SATA III ports on that motherboard (& the assumption being that they're already in use because of your existing HDD & a CD/DVD drive), you'll either need to switch over to an external CD/DVD drive, find an external USB enclosure for your WD Blue drive (to use for secondary storage), or find a SATA controller card to install in 1 of the PCIe x1 slots to make room for the drive. Plus, I don't know how much room there is in your case.

3. Consider reinstalling Windows from scratch & converting to a 64-bit version. Even though you only have 2 DIMM slots, they can each handle up to 16GB DDR3-1600 sticks (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AM1M-S2H-rev-10#sp). Switching over to 64-bit Windows would allow you to go up to 8GB or even 16GB of RAM, which would help speed up your system.