New puter help

[Quasievil]

Im in need of a new computer current one seems to be dying, very slow espceically on the internet and when running a few programs, this is what it is
Packard Bell Iextreme E301
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1 GB DDR Memory
200 GB HDD (8GB for recovery programe
Radeon 9550 256 MB
DVDRW super multi drive

What I do is,

Surf the net, Use Adobe Illustrator, General office stuff, I dont play games but who knows might one day.

So Im hoping someone can help me out with a bit of guideance, Im not able to spend a mint so was looking a Trademe, these ones

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/D...-284759477.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/D...-284344563.htm

These are local Hamilton so be easiest but of course further afield isnt a big deal.

help appreciated.

[mashman]

What OS are you running? could just be that you need more memory...

[Quasievil]

If I type DXDiag It says 1024 MB, is that it ?

Oh And XP 2003

[sinfull]

Nah he means is it microsoft xp or what !
Same shit will most probably happen to another pc mate hehe looks like the system ya have is a good one ! Just needs a clean i'd say !

Also what virus and spyware program/s might you be running on the same system Brett !
Pretty much betting it had norton on it at some stage aye ?

[mashman]

You may also want to check that you are up to date with Microsoft Updates... sometimes when there are updates pending i've noticed IE slows down or hangs until the updates are applied. XP should be pretty solid... Like sinful says, could just need a defrag and general tidy.

[sinfull]

You may also want to check that you are up to date with Microsoft Updates... sometimes when there are updates pending i've noticed IE slows down or hangs until the updates are applied. XP should be pretty solid... Like sinful says, could just need a defrag and general tidy.

And chokka full of spyware, which will slow it right down !

[jim.cox]

Second the "good clean-up" comment

&& defrag the disks

if your motherboard will allow it, upping the Ram to 4GB will almost certainally give a performance gain

[mashman]

And chokka full of spyware, which will slow it right down !

Surely Quasi doesn't visit the sort of sites where spyware can be picked up

[sinfull]

Surely Quasi doesn't visit the sort of sites where spyware can be picked up

Haha i have no doubt !
But even facebook allows spyware in and MSN and i won't mention the malicious syware i get coming through my pc lol

[sinfull]

Not knowing what protection your running stops me saying what i recon about norton and AVG but this link will give you advanced system care Brett ! It will clean alot of spyware (perhaps not malicious), defrag ya system for ya etc etc !
See if it speeds things up for ya !

http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-Sy...-10407614.html

[Quasievil]

Not knowing what protection your running stops me saying what i recon about norton and AVG but this link will give you advanced system care Brett ! It will clean alot of spyware (perhaps not malicious), defrag ya system for ya etc etc !
See if it speeds things up for ya !

http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-Sy...-10407614.html

I
Run AVG

How do I add more memory ??

[sinfull]

I
Run AVG

How do I add more memory ??

AVG free ?

Did it once have Norton ? Cause Symetec corp (norton) will still have processors running in the background even if it aint operational which with AVG on your system the two clash and bind the IE up (or so i have found)

Do you mean virtual memory cause at 200 gig you have a lot of space on your hard drive, cant see you filling that up with what you have been using !

Take it, it is xp you have on ya pc ? if so Open "my computor" down in the green start button, then hold cursor over the C drive, it should say free space ... then total size 200 gig !

If your having a yellow pop up coming up that says your virtual memory is too low, it deffinately needs a clean up !

[onearmedbandit]

I
Run AVG

How do I add more memory ??

First you need to know what type of RAM (random access memory) you are running. Then you need to know how many ram slots you have left. I doubt very much that you'll need 4gb (you currently have 1GB) as you won't be using any software that requires that much memory. On XP 2GB should be plenty.

[Quasievil]

AVG free ?

Did it once have Norton ? Cause Symetec corp (norton) will still have processors running in the background even if it aint operational which with AVG on your system the two clash and bind the IE up (or so i have found)

Do you mean virtual memory cause at 200 gig you have a lot of space on your hard drive, cant see you filling that up with what you have been using !

Take it, it is xp you have on ya pc ? if so Open "my computor" down in the green start button, then hold cursor over the C drive, it should say free space ... then total size 200 gig !

If your having a yellow pop up coming up that says your virtual memory is too low, it deffinately needs a clean up !

I may have had Norton when I brought it but I stopped the subscription and got AVG Free, perhaps its still running ?

It say 142 GB free but thats hard drive isnt it ?as it says on the puter 200 HDD

The puters about 6 years old to btw

[Quasievil]

First you need to know what type of RAM (random access memory) you are running. Then you need to know how many ram slots you have left. I doubt very much that you'll need 4gb (you currently have 1GB) as you won't be using any software that requires that much memory. On XP 2GB should be plenty.

The biggest is Adobe illustrator/ Photoshop etc

How do I tell the type of memory ?