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Hardware Changes
Here is some Hardware Changes that will enhance your performance
Graphics Card - Hard Drive - IDE Cable - Memory - Processor
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Hardware Changes
Here is some Hardware Changes that will enhance your performance
Graphics Card - Hard Drive - IDE Cable - Memory - Processor
A graphics card change will enhance performance, on the desktop and in games. A definite upgrade to help speed up your system, but be careful what you buy and make sure you have the slot to plug it into. Check with manufacturer of motherboard or computer to see if they can accept these graphics cards (In order of importance) - PCI-Express graphics card, AGP graphics card, and finally PCI graphics card.
Check out our guide here : http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/graphicscard.htm
Consider upgrading your hard drive, a newer faster drive will definitely make a big difference to your system, if your have the connections, then consider adding a sata drive
Check out our guide for hard drives here : http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/harddrive.htm
If you are using a standard IDE cable on your hard drive (HDD) and both your motherboard and hard drive support UDMA, then changing the cable to a Ultra DMA/ATA IDE Ribbon Cable, will improve performance drastically
Most Ultra DMA/ATA IDE Ribbon Cables have a blue, yellow or red end, where as standard cables have black connectors at both ends. This can be a major upgrade, with up to a 90% increase in speed.
One of the easier options for a speed increase is to add memory. In more modern computers that use DDR, you could consider changing your memory to a higher speed. Be careful as the newest high speed memory is not supported by all motherboards. Check with your PC manufacturer or motherboard creator for compatibility.
Also remember that DDR2 is not compatible with DDR, as SDRAM is not compatible with other two. Keeping to the same speed is very important as this can cause system problems, but also reduces the speed of the faster ram to that of the slowest.
Check out our guide for memory http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/memory.htm
A processor upgrade will always boast performance, but remember your motherboard may not accept it and the upgrade could turn out to be very expensive. You must always check with manufacturer of motherboard to see if it will accept the processor you have in mind.
Check out our guide to processors here : http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/processor.htm
