This guide covers all the basics and explains what you need to consider for this essential upgrade for older computers. It’s true that just maximising the memory and switching to a SSD hard drive will make a big difference. I often opt to use a SSD for booting and the OS, and keep the old hard drive for extra cheap storage or backups.
It is only a bit more complicated, and more expensive, to actually switch out the whole motherboard and CPU. The job described here is pretty easy with no real worries.
Watch at Old PC Upgrade #1: Options & RAM
Upgrading a desktop PC — assessing the possibilities, and then selecting and fitting more memory.The second episode in this series will post on February 7th…