Hi,
I have a 2-year old laptop, running i5-430M (clock speed 2.26 Ghz, max turbo frequency 2.53 Ghz), with 8G of RAM installed (clock speed 1333 Mhz), with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 VGA (1G VRAM), running Windows 7 Home Premium, on a 500G HDD (7200 RPM).
I typically use Microsoft Office 2007, P2P download clients, web browsers, and watch video playback (up to 1080P, sometimes Blueray)
Honestly I think except when slower system boot-up and application loading than a system running on SSD, I am very happy with the performance of my system.
My question is, would I realize more benefit by buying a brand new i5 system (I think i7 is way beyond my needs) with similar configuration (2.x Ghz), 8G of RAM, basic discrete VGA, running Windows 7 Home Premium, on a 500G-750G HDD (7200 RPM), or would I realize more benefit by simply swapping my current HDD for a SSD?
Basically I am asking would I realize more benefit from a modern architecture, or from a faster hard drive. I understand it is not as easy or as straightforward as that, but I just need some answers to help me decide.
The news I am considering do not offer SSD options, so these 2 are the options.
Thanks,
Apisorder
I have a 2-year old laptop, running i5-430M (clock speed 2.26 Ghz, max turbo frequency 2.53 Ghz), with 8G of RAM installed (clock speed 1333 Mhz), with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 VGA (1G VRAM), running Windows 7 Home Premium, on a 500G HDD (7200 RPM).
I typically use Microsoft Office 2007, P2P download clients, web browsers, and watch video playback (up to 1080P, sometimes Blueray)
Honestly I think except when slower system boot-up and application loading than a system running on SSD, I am very happy with the performance of my system.
My question is, would I realize more benefit by buying a brand new i5 system (I think i7 is way beyond my needs) with similar configuration (2.x Ghz), 8G of RAM, basic discrete VGA, running Windows 7 Home Premium, on a 500G-750G HDD (7200 RPM), or would I realize more benefit by simply swapping my current HDD for a SSD?
Basically I am asking would I realize more benefit from a modern architecture, or from a faster hard drive. I understand it is not as easy or as straightforward as that, but I just need some answers to help me decide.
The news I am considering do not offer SSD options, so these 2 are the options.
Thanks,
Apisorder