Solved! upgrade ssd & ram on a i3 6100 CPU laptop

[or2077]

Hey,
so my mother's Dell Vostro 5459 laptop is very, very slow (it was never a very fast computer to begin with), i tried formatting it, no significant improvement...
the specs are:
i3 6100U,
4GB DDR3L-1600,
500GB 5400RPM sata 3 2.5" hard drive

i saw that there is only one bay for the RAM (replaceable), and the max capacity is 8gb

i was thinking about upgrading to a ssd, and 8gb RAM:
https/www.samsung.com/uk/memory-storage/850-evo-sata-3-2-5-inch-ssd/MZ-75E500BEU/
https/www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ

my question is, is that CPU worth upgrading? is it the bottleneck?

thanks, and sorry for my bad english

 

[Dave8671]

That ssd that you linked is i think an older model. I do not use ssds since they are just for boot speed in my option.

The slow down could be age. But you would see are minor speed improvement with ssd with an i3 core i believe. You could opt for a 7200 regular hdd.

In the future yiu can clean a drive like this

https/m.wikihow.com/Clear-up-Unnecessary-Files-on-Your-PC

Over years log files build up.

 

[jaguarskx]

The CPU us soldered in; you cannot upgrade it.

The Samsung EVO 860 is a newer version SSD. Since SSDs have read / write speeds that are extremely higher than hard drives, the laptop will be more responsive.