Windows 10: Want to Upgrade a Pentium D 920 (Presler) to a Core Duo 2 Quad ?

Thanks KB, that is all I wanted to know. This laptop has a great back or underneath opener for specifically updating the RAM and HDD, so it is suited for upgrades. It has currently a 5400 RPM, and I know this is slow, so I just need a SATA 2.5 250 GBs Samsung Pro. It doesn't support M.2, but I'm cool with Samsung. It has 4 USB 3.0 one 2.0 and one 3.1 type C, so plenty of ports. It has a mobo that supports 32 GBs of DDR4 RAM, and easy to replace. I think an 8 GB stick, maybe a 16 GB stick would be great, I don't want to go with a 2 GB and a 4 GB for just 6 GB. Doing a clean install will get all that bloat ware that typically slows these less priced laptops. Its a descent laptop for the price, AC wireless, NO GARAPHICS card expect an HD 550 integrated, but I am not gamer. Should I open it and install the Windows 10 process on the current HDD and then swap, or just swap when I get it before starting it?

 

Thanks KB

 

You may save a little money if you go with the 850 Evo vs. the 850 Pro.

Memory usually does better in matched pairs as far as performance (dual channel mode) , so 2x 4GB maybe better ? or 2X 8GB... if yo need 16GB, do some research on that particular laptop and ram upgrades.

 

Thanks KBird,

I did, it has a mobo that can support 32 Gigabytes of DDR4 at 2133 MHz


Let me post the specs:

Memory

3 megabytes



Yes

• System Memory RAM Expandable To
  32 gigabytes

DDR4 SDRAM

• Number Of Memory Slots
  2
• System Memory RAM Speed
  2133 megahertz
  
  I always thought, keep your RAM even on 2 slots, 2 x 4 , 2 x 8, 2 x 16.
  Putting one slot 2 GBs and the other 4 GBs is not great to do... Not sure if it means much.

 

Well, you will have a nice 1TB HDD to put in a USB Caddy and use for Backups with Macrium etc if you swap it out for a SSD.

Hopefully it has 1x4GB of ram so you can buy another 4GB for 8 total, but it may have 2x 2GB , 8GB is likely enough Ram , unless you find a good sale on 16GB , you are not gaming or anything really intensive are you ? If you play with Photoshop etc the extra maybe worthwhile?

If getting just 1 x 4GB SODimm , try and get an EXACT match to the one installed for best compatibility.

Ok I now see the CPU has 3mb of Cache , that had me confused for a moment.... *Smile

 

I always thought the same about the 2 slots of RAM which it has.
IMO, not sure how true it is, but it is best to have the same exact match on the two slots,
In other words, 2 x 4GB equaling 8 GB of two sticks of RAM, is much better than 1 x2 GB and 1 x 4 GB equaling 6 GB s of RAM in two slots. I might just buy one stick of 8 GB s leave the other slot empty for when I see it slowing down, and buy the second slot with another 8 GB s of DDR4. Then when it slows after that, get two 16 GB s of DDR4 totalling 32 GB s. That should be well enough for at least 2-3 years.

Keep in mind, no Nvidia graphics card, just Intel HD 520 integrated with the Intel i5 mobile processor.
Its a laptop, so I can never get one...

All the other specs seem pretty decent for a lower ended laptop. I'll pick it up Friday, let you know how it goes.
Just a tab bit nervous about the SSD, I want to make sure I am not going to have to pay MS a second time for Windows 10 Pro. Wish we luck! I need this PC for my Office, nothing special, but with all that DDR4 RAM, it should be breezing through Office 2016, websites, etc, daily stuff, no heavy gaming.

Thanks again

 

I never thought of that, I can buy a USB Caddy for the 1 TB Drive, instead of throwing it away! Thanks!

 

Windows 10 is tied to the Motherboard upon activation , so once setup, it does not care if on a SSD or HDD in Win10 , you can even Clone the HDD to the SSD once activated ( ensure Alignment is correct if doing that) . The USB Caddy would be useful for doing that. though A clean install is usually the preferred method , and since it is new you have no Data to worry about or programs etc , so probably best just to do it now with a Clean install. Leave the HDD as it is for a few weeks , so if you need to, you can slip it back in and boot back into win10. Once sure the SSD is doing ok you can use it for Backups . But keep it handy incase you have Warranty issues the 1st year.

If you're sure you don't want the "bloatware" , simply install the SSD and install Win10 Clean from a USB Drive ,and keep the HDD safe somewhere.

KB