For those Intersted in Computers, I hope you might be able to give some Advice please
I built my PC in about 2006
It is using a Destop Board D945GNT/D945GTP
With an Intel Pentium D Processor
3.40ghz
4gb Ram 3.24 usable
Also om 30mb Broad band soon to be doubled to 60 !! for free apparently by Virgin
My questions are, is this a pretty slow set up by comparison to modern systems ? and could it cope with 60mb BB as at times it seems to struggle.. Other times its faster than a club 500 on a new set of Batteries..
Larry R.
HI mate, weather 3.4ghz is slow or fast really depends on your needs. a huge number of people have got PCs that will never be pushed to anything like what they are capable of.
yes there are CPUs out there that are a lot faster but you need to ask yourself if you will use the speed it offers? remember simply browsing the net wont push your current CPU to anywhere near what it can do, the raw power is utilised when running more complex programs or gaming. if your PC is slow to start, open programs or is slow on the internet then it needs to be reinstalled! a 3.4GHz is plenty fast enough for most every day tasks.
overheating can be caused by a number of things. firstly, as has been mentioned cleaning out dust from inside is needed now and then, get a brush and make sure you clean out all the dust from the channels between the cooler veins, unless air can pass down these channels it cant do its job properly!.
another reason for overheating is the CPU getting pushed to its max all the time by bugs in your system, spyware, viruses and badly written software etc. my wife's laptop is in a real state in that department and is running so hot you could fry eggs on it and thats when its idle and been restarted! it is so slow you click on something and go make a cup of tea whilst you wait lol but an identical unit run by me as a file server with a totally healthy install is running so cool the fan rarely comes on and runs 10x faster than my wife's and thats no exaggeration.
in my view, unless your going to be running software that requires a faster cpu, you have no need to replace it.