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In response to "Depends on many things. I assume that is a SATA drive at that age. You can get an SSD drive pretty cheap and speed that sucker up. " by bacon

Yeah I was thinking SSD. Just using onboard video, don't really game. 8G RAM I think, I honestly don't remember.

Posted by sycor Apr 30 '20, 07:14

And since I can't boot it up, I'd have to take it apart to check. Which I'll have to do soon to pull the other hard drives out anyway.

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If you don't game, and don't use programs that are taxing (video editing, etc), SSD is a cheap way to go to get it up and running. - bacon Apr 30, 07:16
for now I would say consider buying an SSD (they can be pretty cheap, $50 ish, depending on the capacity) and then see if you can manage to rescue - tRuMaN Apr 30, 07:16 13
- Hopefully all the data is backed up on my external drive. So not too worried about that. But it was a 1TB drive so going to a SSD is going to lose a - sycor Apr 30, 07:18 11
  - the other benefit of dropping an ssd in is that the system performance will increase a lot, so if it was fine for you before - tRuMaN Apr 30, 07:24
  - I just checked, a 1tb SSD drive is between $100 and $150 on Amazon. They really got cheep. A few years ago that would be over a thousand bucks -- nm - bacon Apr 30, 07:20 3
    - This one gets an 83% 5 Star Rating. I used to worry about brand name but lately I don't if the reviews are tight. -- (link) - bacon Apr 30, 07:22 2
      - Fakespot grade = D -- (link) - Shaun Apr 30, 07:23 1
        
        Ouchie! Crucial below should be higher. Check that one -- nm - bacon Apr 30, 07:24
  - 1TB SSDs aren't stupidly expensive, the last time I checked. -- nm - Shaun Apr 30, 07:19 5
    - Crucial 1tb ssd $118. -- (link) - tRuMaN Apr 30, 07:23
    - Samsung EVO 1TB SSD = $170 -- (link) - Shaun Apr 30, 07:21 2
      - That's what I have now -- nm - bacon Apr 30, 07:22 1
        
        Oops I just checked. I went 2TB Samsung Evo, but I know it was under $200 when I got it. -- nm - bacon Apr 30, 07:24
    - The prices fell drastically in the last 2 years -- nm - bacon Apr 30, 07:20
- Also the good thing is, when you finally do get a new pc you can move the SSD over to that one as a backup drive. (so not wasting money) -- nm - bacon Apr 30, 07:17

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Yeah I was thinking SSD. Just using onboard video, don't really game. 8G RAM I think, I honestly don't remember.

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