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Before you go spend some money on the upgrades, what do you want to be able to do with the computer? Are there any games you are wanting to play? What are they? Plus could you open up your case...
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I am at work again.And worked late last night so I will try to get to this later this eve or tomorrow morning.
Actually from what I read it said this is not a gaming PC, that chrome is a resource...
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i agree with axeman, there is no need to a video card and cetainly no need for more ram. Save your money. Update your flash and java to the newest versions and see if that helps. If you are looking...
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Ty and have done all that everyone suggested.
Actually this machine can support 16G. I know that some of the websites say 8 but in fact this one can support 16 as per conver with HP(because it was...
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I agree, you have to do the time to get the info... I have learned so much about PC's etc. I have cleaned the vents, heatsinks etc. I now have found that both Chrome and Firefox are resource hogs no...
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Upgrading your RAM will not help out all. You have more memory than nearly all consumers right now. 85% of the computers that ship today have less than 6gb. Only enthusiasts, and professionals...
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I have CCleaner, Malwarebytes. I have used the 'task' manager to determine what is using up so much PC and it has consistently been Chrome and Firefox(I have deleted Firefox) I have not updated to...
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I want to do games ...like on Facebook Pioneer Trail. Nothing like WOW I just noticed that sometimes the pictures on the game (I have used all browsers..Chrome, Firefox and IE8 and sometimes the game...
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ty to all of you..and rep's all around. I did find Chrome was a resource hog no matter what I was running. IE8 was better. My PC is usually fast even though I live in the 'boonies' and the max speed...
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I have this: http://home.toolshomes.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=126&offer_id=B003ZX87H2
Purchased new about a year ago.
AMD Phenom II 820 Quad-Core Processor (2.8 GHz, 2MB L2...
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What you are playing is not a "game" per se. When they talk gaming PCs they are referring to high end, graphic/processor/memory intensive games. Not web games like you are talking about. These should...
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Do not upgrade the memory, 6GB already more than you could possibly use.
The poor performance is probably just a result of bad programming by the developers of "Pioneer Trail"
Your computer may...
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Exactly, games that run in your web browser are not what people talk about when you say "Gaming" PC. They are low end, use flash or flash like plugin, and are not as complex or resource intensive. ...
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Do you have a lot of extensions / addons installed for FF and Chrome? Do you use FF and/or Chrome regularly, or IE8? If it's slow on all browsers, that points to a couple things:
1. Too much stuff...
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Can you take a screenshot? I really doubt hardware upgrades are going to help. You should already be ridiculously overpowered for this application.
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Sadly the link doesn't give any useful information about the power supply. Since it is only 250W and an OEM one as well, I wouldn't use it if you get a graphics card.
I would look into the...
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Like I said , I think we are dealing with one poorly coded web app here and not a system problem since there is only one place that seems to have a problem. Don't dwell on it, and move on from those...
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Ok, I'll pile on the bandwagon...
6gb of memory is more than most people have. Remember that Windows 7 often tries to use the memory to keep things ready to go, sort of. So if you see your...
