improving system performance
I have a system with an asus a8n-sli deluxe motherboard. I hav an amd athlon 3000+ 1.81GHz processor with 1GB of ram. I have two sata drives 69GB each drive setup in a RAID configuration as primary drive. I'm running xp pro.
My system is running okay. No major failures. I run a lot of application...visual studio 2005, Sql Server management studio express 2005, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, multiple browsers to test (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera) as well as multiple other applications.
I'm looking to find ways to improve the performance when running my apps. Some of the apps take a little while to load, and other instances when using the apps that can be a little slow.
I routinely run several cleanup tools, registry cleaner, disk defrag, MRU-Blaster, SpyBot, etc., delete temp inernet files and cookies, etc.
My primary drive has 120GB free space.
I have two other drives where I put all my work files. Primary is only used for applications.
I'm not super knowledgeable about what steps to take to configure my system for the best performance. So, I'm interested in any suggestions and recommendations.
Thanks for any help.
My system is running okay. No major failures. I run a lot of application...visual studio 2005, Sql Server management studio express 2005, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, multiple browsers to test (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera) as well as multiple other applications.
I'm looking to find ways to improve the performance when running my apps. Some of the apps take a little while to load, and other instances when using the apps that can be a little slow.
I routinely run several cleanup tools, registry cleaner, disk defrag, MRU-Blaster, SpyBot, etc., delete temp inernet files and cookies, etc.
My primary drive has 120GB free space.
I have two other drives where I put all my work files. Primary is only used for applications.
I'm not super knowledgeable about what steps to take to configure my system for the best performance. So, I'm interested in any suggestions and recommendations.
Thanks for any help.
PUNKY
You need a better system though. Such applications you do on current system is much better with core 2 duo cpu system.
You should get a performance boost by increasing your memory for starters.. 1 gig is sort of slim for the kinds of things that you are doing.
Do you want software tweaks or reconfiguration suggestions?
Do you want software tweaks or reconfiguration suggestions?
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thanks for replyig to my post.
yes, I agree. A new system with dual processor would be ideal. The next sytem I buy will have it. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.
Any software and reconfiguration suggestions would be welcome.
yes, I agree. A new system with dual processor would be ideal. The next sytem I buy will have it. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.
Any software and reconfiguration suggestions would be welcome.
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As I mentioned above, I agreee with SysExpert that increasing your memory will give you the biggest bang for the buck by far. I think that you need at least 2 gig.