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Hardware Changes
Here is some Hardware Changes that will enhance your
performance
Graphics Card - Hard
Drive - IDE Cable - Memory
- Processor
Graphics Card
A graphics card change will enhance performance, on the
desktop and in games. A definite upgrade to help speed up your system,
but be careful what you buy and make sure you have the slot to plug it
into. Check with manufacturer of motherboard or computer to see if they
can accept these graphics cards (In order of importance) - PCI-Express
graphics card, AGP graphics card, and finally PCI graphics card.
Check out our guide here : http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/graphicscard.htm
Hard Drive
Consider upgrading your hard drive, a newer faster drive
will definitely make a big difference to your system, if your have the
connections, then consider adding a sata drive
Check out our guide for hard drives here : http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/harddrive.htm
IDE Cable (EIDE)
If you are using a standard IDE cable on your hard drive
(HDD) and
both your motherboard and hard drive support UDMA, then changing the
cable to a Ultra DMA/ATA IDE Ribbon Cable,
will improve performance drastically
Most Ultra DMA/ATA IDE
Ribbon Cables have a blue, yellow or red end, where as standard cables
have black connectors at both ends. This can be a major upgrade, with up
to a 90% increase in speed.
Memory
One of the easier options for a speed increase is to add memory.
In more modern computers that use DDR, you could consider changing your
memory to a higher speed. Be careful as the newest high speed memory is
not supported by all motherboards. Check with your PC manufacturer or
motherboard creator for compatibility.
Also remember that DDR2 is not compatible with DDR, as
SDRAM is not compatible with other two. Keeping to the same speed is
very important as this can cause system problems, but also reduces the
speed of the faster ram to that of the slowest.
Check out our guide for memory http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/memory.htm
Processor
A processor upgrade will always boast performance,
but remember your motherboard may not accept it and the upgrade could
turn out to be very expensive. You must always check with manufacturer
of motherboard to see if it will accept the processor you have in mind.
Check out our guide to processors here : http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/processor.htm
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