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I've got a client with an older OEM (maybe HP) AMD AM2 (maybe AM2+) rig, that came with Vista 32-bit and 3GB DDR2, in four slots.
The owner deleted chunks of the OS, and couldn't restore it (didn't have discs, and at the time, I didn't have Vista ISOs either). So I convinced them to upgrade to Windows 7.
Later, it was having blue-screen problems. I removed the two 512MB sticks of DDR2, and the bluescreens went away.
I owe this client some credit ($). As far as I know, they're not using this PC for anything, because they put a bloated A/V on there, and had some malware, and don't don't feel like paying to re-format it with only 2GB of RAM in there.
I was thinking I could drop in 2x2GB of DDR2, and an SSD, and re-format it for them, and that would take care of most of their credit. I think that it would make the PC like it was better than new, in respect to performance.
But this client has never really had the joy of using a rig with an SSD.
I was also thinking, they have another HP that only has 1 or maybe 2GB of RAM, it's a P4, and they wanted to upgrade it to Win7.
I could move the (retail upgrade) license to the P4, and re-format the AM2 rig using the Vista key sticker on the machine.
But Vista doesn't support TRIM, which might be an issue for adding an SSD to the AM2 rig.
What SSD brands / models would be good for a Vista machine? Either ones that don't need TRIM, or ones that come with a "toolbox" that can automatically run a TRIM pass, independent of the OS, at least weekly?
And would an SSD benefit a P4 rig at all? Even a slow one, like an OCZ Agility 30GB, or a Corsair Force LS 60GB? It would have to use an IDE-to-SATA converter, which, when used with the current 640GB WD AAKS drive, seemed to force it into ATA-33 mode, which slowed it way down.
The owner deleted chunks of the OS, and couldn't restore it (didn't have discs, and at the time, I didn't have Vista ISOs either). So I convinced them to upgrade to Windows 7.
Later, it was having blue-screen problems. I removed the two 512MB sticks of DDR2, and the bluescreens went away.
I owe this client some credit ($). As far as I know, they're not using this PC for anything, because they put a bloated A/V on there, and had some malware, and don't don't feel like paying to re-format it with only 2GB of RAM in there.
I was thinking I could drop in 2x2GB of DDR2, and an SSD, and re-format it for them, and that would take care of most of their credit. I think that it would make the PC like it was better than new, in respect to performance.
But this client has never really had the joy of using a rig with an SSD.
I was also thinking, they have another HP that only has 1 or maybe 2GB of RAM, it's a P4, and they wanted to upgrade it to Win7.
I could move the (retail upgrade) license to the P4, and re-format the AM2 rig using the Vista key sticker on the machine.
But Vista doesn't support TRIM, which might be an issue for adding an SSD to the AM2 rig.
What SSD brands / models would be good for a Vista machine? Either ones that don't need TRIM, or ones that come with a "toolbox" that can automatically run a TRIM pass, independent of the OS, at least weekly?
And would an SSD benefit a P4 rig at all? Even a slow one, like an OCZ Agility 30GB, or a Corsair Force LS 60GB? It would have to use an IDE-to-SATA converter, which, when used with the current 640GB WD AAKS drive, seemed to force it into ATA-33 mode, which slowed it way down.
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