Question: I have a 6 year old PC (HP with AMD Athlon XP processor). I use mostly to read news and to e-mail. Should I buy a new computer for trading or this is enough for swing trade?
A PC`s lifetime
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Thanks guys!
My trade would be based on end-of-the day.
My trade would be based on end-of-the day.
On my 5 year old PC at home, I just swapped out the original 30GB hard drive for a 160GB for $40 and reinstalled XP on it.
The performance improvement was remarkable. My wife said it was like I'd given it a brain transplant. Mostly I think it's due to going from having 15% free space to 90% free.
A couple of years ago I upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 2GB. Again, it was a noticeable improvement.
Newer processors aren't really faster. Even though my PC is 5 years old, it's still a 3GHz machine. New PCs are about the same.
The performance improvement was remarkable. My wife said it was like I'd given it a brain transplant. Mostly I think it's due to going from having 15% free space to 90% free.
A couple of years ago I upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 2GB. Again, it was a noticeable improvement.
Newer processors aren't really faster. Even though my PC is 5 years old, it's still a 3GHz machine. New PCs are about the same.
I know that with XP the registry does get bigger and more convoluted over time. I really don't think these registry cleaners are worth it. A clean re-install is best.