Windows 8 & AMD Phenom 8450??

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Hi folks,

I have an older system, currently running Vista, that is pretty slow mostly due to needing an OS reinstall. Purchased in 2008-ish, and still running on the original OS installation.

CPU: AMD Phenom 8450
RAM: 4GB

Full specs here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01485336&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=3733085


I want to do an OS reinstall, and am thinking of installing Windows 8, instead of reinstalling Vista. Main reason is for Win 8 development.

Question: Would this hardware sufficiently support W8 to where it's not as sluggish as my current Vista install? Is this CPU sufficient to make it somewhat speedy, or should I not bother? This isn't my main system, and I'm not in a financial position to do a serious upgrade or outright replacement yet. I want to limp along for maybe another year before investing in a new system.

Any thoughts and help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
 
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It should run fine. Windows 8 has lots of behind the scenes improvements for performance. It will run much better then vista, that's for sure. Windows 8 also handles weaker hardware better, even though your hardware isn't that weak. Hope this helps.
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It should run fine. Windows 8 has lots of behind the scenes improvements for performance. It will run much better then vista, that's for sure. Windows 8 also handles weaker hardware better, even though your hardware isn't that weak. Hope this helps.
 
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Thank you. That's good to know. Appreciate the quick response.
 
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Follow-up question -- I know an SSD will always give better performance over a standard drive, but with a machine this old, would an SSD be a waste of money over a cheaper hard drive?

 
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I say SSD. One option is to get a small SSD(64Gb or so) and install windows and important programs on it. This will make the computer super snappy and boot very fast. I have a very old windows tablet with a single core atom and 2gb of ram but a 32Gb SSD and it is really snappy. Boots in seconds and loads programs very fast.
 
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Thank you again. Very helpful.
 
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No problem. Glad I could help! Feel free to ask any more questions if you have them :)
 
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Is 64GB sufficient for a Win8 installation? Seems a little small. My Win8 laptop has used about 116GB on C:.

 
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For sure. I run it on my tablet that only has a 32Gb SSD and I have over 20Gb free with just windows im pretty sure. It has at least 15Gb that much is 100% sure.
 
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