Ok, well it USED to be a beast back in 2007 when I bought it.
I have an XPS 420
It has a:
The PC works well for pretty much everything i need it to do, except that the new microsoft office requires Windows 7 (I need for work related things)
So, being the old sentimental sap that I am, I'm thinking about upgrading the Ram to 8GB and installing Windows 7 (64-bit) on the SSD. (I own a full version of Windows Home premium)
Do you guys think it will breathe a couple more years into this relic or has the time come to bite the bullet, jump on Newegg.com and fire up a new Haswell or Ivybridge system?
Thanks in advance.
I have an XPS 420
It has a:
Q6600 (Quad-Core processor)
4 GB Ram
Geforce 8800GT with 512 MB Ram
I've recently added (thanks to a recommendation from this site) an SSD 180GB (even through it's only SATA (1.0?) it really speeded up my system.
1TB data drive
and Vista
The PC works well for pretty much everything i need it to do, except that the new microsoft office requires Windows 7 (I need for work related things)
So, being the old sentimental sap that I am, I'm thinking about upgrading the Ram to 8GB and installing Windows 7 (64-bit) on the SSD. (I own a full version of Windows Home premium)
Do you guys think it will breathe a couple more years into this relic or has the time come to bite the bullet, jump on Newegg.com and fire up a new Haswell or Ivybridge system?
Thanks in advance.