concerning my dell dimensions 2400

[paulshoon7]

Hi, i'm new here. This is a cool site,btw, and i wanted to put my question here, cuz i think there's a lot of friendly people here.
I have a dell dimension 2400 that my brother bought me about 2&1/2 years ago. for the computer info = PC Hardware and Reviews - Reviews and Information on Desktops, Laptops and Components

and my problem is, IT'S SO SLOW!
booting and getting ready to start applications would require about 10 min.
thats a long time :[
so i'm thinking about upgradin the computer,
by puttin in some extra parts.
now here's my questions:

1. Would this computer work with 2 RAM cards?
2. Would replacing a DDR RAM card (about 512mb-2gb) be a good idea?
3. What about buying a PCI VGA card(which i noticed often times, has problem with the on-board)
4. Rather buy a new computer?(i doubt this would happen)

I think i might come up with more questions, but i'll update soon.
and also, i hope i put it in a right forum: processors, memory, and overclocking

[Atomic Rooster]

First thing you should do is to go through all your installed software and uninstall any programs you don't need or use anymore. Don't just delete them, use either their built in uninstaller or go through Add/Remove Programs. Run a spyware scanner such as Ad-Aware 2008 Free and Spybot-S&D!. Run a clean-up utility such as CCleaner. When that's finished, do a defrag on the drive. That should help speed things up a bit.

Hardware wise, there's really not much you can do with that older system. It's limited to only 1GB (2x512MB) memory maximum. If you already have a 512MB module, you could by a matching stick to bring it up to 1GB, or there are some good deals on matching 512MB modules. A new video card will improve gaming and video performance somewhat, but I don't think it will affect boot up times.

[paulshoon7]

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

First thing you should do is to go through all your installed software and uninstall any programs you don't need or use anymore. Don't just delete them, use either their built in uninstaller or go through Add/Remove Programs. Run a spyware scanner such as Ad-Aware 2008 Free and Spybot-S&D!. Run a clean-up utility such as CCleaner. When that's finished, do a defrag on the drive. That should help speed things up a bit.

Hardware wise, there's really not much you can do with that older system. It's limited to only 1GB (2x512MB) memory maximum. If you already have a 512MB module, you could by a matching stick to bring it up to 1GB, or there are some good deals on matching 512MB modules. A new video card will improve gaming and video performance somewhat, but I don't think it will affect boot up times.

i understand that some unused softwares can slow the computer down.
however, i do cleanups often. Although, i use the notorious Windows live Onecare. Using this, i trust *cough* that i am free of adwares and such.
According to you, i only have one gig max of memory?
what if, the motherboard doesnt have dual support for memory?
Because when i checked inside the computer, there were only 2 RAM slots, opposed to 4(i think this is the normal #)

to clear myself, in addition, i am planning to buy a vga card because i wanna boost up performance on videos and games

[Atomic Rooster]

You can find the specifications of your system here: Documentation

As you can see under the "Memory" heading, it lists it as having two slots with a maximum size of 512MB in each slot for a total of 1GB. You'll need to check your system properties to see how much RAM your system currently has .

Unfortunately, it doesn't have an available AGP or PCI-Express slot for a video card. You would have to purchase a PCI slot video card such as this: HIS Hightech Radeon X1550 256MB PCI Video Card

[paulshoon7]

yes, thanks.
so all in all, i will need to expand ram, correct?

[Atomic Rooster]

Yes, it will help if you go to 1GB.

Something like this will work nicely: pqi POWER Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory