Upgrade old pc

Discussion in 'Processors, Motherboards & Memory' started by PowerSlide, Jul 18, 2012.

  1. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    Im using this pc as download rig but lately some kids even my mom start using it but its rather laggy especially playing flash games or youtube

    The spec is single core am2 sempron 1600+, 2gb ram and onboard vga

    Im thinking a cheap vga or hunt for a old amd x2 proc, which should at least make youtube and flash game smoother and not laggy..add a vga or change proc?
     
  2. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    If you want to accelerate flash content only, upgrading graphics card should improve performance. But if you don't game, I think a processor upgrade is better.
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Yeah, if you want to improve flash performance, upgrading the graphics card would help more than a CPU upgrade.
     
  4. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    thnaks guys

    found a used gigabyte hd4550 for RM60, should get the job done?
     
  5. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    More than sufficient IMHO! :D
     
  6. belikethat

    belikethat Just Started

    and use chrome :p
     
  7. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    good to read that :thumb:

    using chrome, firefox and IE :mrgreen:
     
  8. fabgirl

    fabgirl Newbie

    Ram is usually the best upgrade for an old computer, or a minor graphics upgrade if you're running on an old integrated solution. for the price of an SSD > 60gbs you have half the price of a new machine and should probably start looking at going that route.
     
  9. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    I thought flash is CPU intense?
     
  10. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Flash can be GPU accelerated, including Youtube.
     

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