replacing old parts?

grazhopper · 03-28-2008, 12:17 AM

Ive had my computer for roughly 2 years now and i have noticed a slow down in performance. I'm basically wondering how often I should replace my hardware of the computer like the CPU, RAM, and anything else that may have worn down over time. Any advice will be appreciated.

Nvidia4life · 03-28-2008, 12:44 AM

I suggest you check out your hard drive first. Some people don't realize how moving things off and onto your hard drive often or almost filling up your hard drive can slow down your performance.
Have you defragmented your hard drive or cleared some things off of it? That may help. I don't think two years for a totally new computer is long enough to wear it down significantly, based on my own experience.

StrangleHold · 03-28-2008, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by grazhopper

Ive had my computer for roughly 2 years now and i have noticed a slow down in performance. I'm basically wondering how often I should replace my hardware of the computer like the CPU, RAM, and anything else that may have worn down over time. Any advice will be appreciated.

Things like your CPU, memory, motherboard dont like wear out and become slower in a 2 year time period. I mean they either work or they dont. Now a Harddrive depending on how much use, it has a wear out factor. You say it roughly 2 years old. Have you ever done a Clean Install of the OS. Windows is like your basement when you have 3 kids liviving at home, over a period of time you cant even see the walls anymore

. Most of my computers I do a Clean Install about every 6 months.

**oscaryu1** · 03-28-2008, 03:20 AM

Reformat....

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Nvidia4life Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 70	I suggest you check out your hard drive first. Some people don't realize how moving things off and onto your hard drive often or almost filling up your hard drive can slow down your performance. Have you defragmented your hard drive or cleared some things off of it? That may help. I don't think two years for a totally new computer is long enough to wear it down significantly, based on my own experience. __________________ q6600 overclocked to 3.00ghz coolermaster vortex 752 cpu cooler xfx nforce 680i lt sli evga nvidia 8800gts 320mb kingston pc-6400 800mhz 4gb (2x2gb) windows vista home premium 64bit antec p182 case antec trupower trio 650w

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oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,313	Reformat.... __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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