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Improving PC performance/speed

Started by Andy Br00t4l , Nov 06 2008 05:03 PM

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Andy Br00t4l

Posted 06 November 2008 - 05:03 PM

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Today I'm writing on my girlfriend's computer, and I just wanted to know ways to increase speed and performance. I can post a HJT log, or any info required to just make it run faster! Any help is appreciated.

System specs:
Pentium 4 Processor 530 /w Hyper-Threading 3 Ghz, 8-- MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 Cache
200 GB Sata HDD 7200 RPM
512 DDR1 MB RAM

#2
Broni

Posted 07 November 2008 - 12:43 AM

Kraków my love :)

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12,300 posts

Start with getting another 512MB of RAM.

#3
hfcg

Posted 07 November 2008 - 12:50 AM

The hippie freak computer geek

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2,496 posts

You can also clean out the temp, and index.dat files with ccleaner or ATF cleaner. (disc cleanup will not remove index.dat files)
Close any unneeded applications like instant messeging, hp monitor, etc.