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RAM or SSD for upgrade?

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brisk

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Hey everyone,

At work I run 32 bit with (4gb) of RAM. I have a lot of applications open like outlook, office (multiple spreadsheets), a couple different web browsers, log me in. Just a lot of light applications and my machine is using 85% of RAm and I get slow downs and bit of lag.

Would I get a better performance with an SSD and 64 bit Windows or 8gb Ram and 64 bit Windows?

My spec is:

Intel i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10ghz
Windows 7 Professional SP1.
Nvidia NVS 300
Thanks
 
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Cheap Kingston is a poor SSD choice (research unannounced NAND switch). At the moment amazon has 240-256 GB Crucial $100-110. MX100, M550, M500.
For the prices, 120 vs 240 GB SSDs, $80 vs $110 or less, bigger is better, particularly because 240 is much more efficient than 120. Way they work.
I would be inclined to try SSD first, many work clients are 4 GB 32 BIT. Not all software will access more than 4 GB RAM
If not useful SSDs are usually an easy sell, or can become fast backup drive.
 
If there is still any question, the SSD will make the shortness of RAM much less noticeable, but will shorten the drive's lifespan a bit. If you have the money, get a 64-bit OS, at least another 4 GB of RAM, and a good SSD. For the money and performance, it is hard to beat the MX100 right now.
 
Since you are at work, and assuming you are using a company machine running X86 with 4GBRAM, you really only have one choice - the SSD. That is, unless the employer is willing to install (and pay for) a 64 bit OS. The 32 bit can't even fully use the 4GB of RAM - usually about 3.5 at best. So, without making major OS changes (requires a complete reinstall) go for the SSD.
 
I forget the Member who wrote it, but he wrote a little script that overcomes the 4GB RAM barrier in Windows. It was a while ago, but I thought that was really cool. Surprised it never became really popular. Hopefully someone here knows what I'm talking about. I think MechBegon?? may have wrote it.

If you can find it & it runs without issue then I would prioritize the RAM upgrade personally.
 
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