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sygnus21 said:

I'm personally of the opinion 4gig of RAM for Windows 10 is pretty minimal. Anyway it seems a few things were missed here when this image was posted by the OP...

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1) The above appears to have not been updated since it's still showing 2016 instead of 2017 that shows with the Anniversary and Creator updates. A fully patched Windows 10 will have a date of 2017, not 2016...

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2) And for a 64-bit OS, as I said, 4 gig of RAM is pretty minimum. If you want to OS to fly, you really need to up the memory to at least 8 gig (if possible).

On my 2013 Asus Zenbook Prime notebook, I had to ultimately replace it because it's non-upgradable 4gig of RAM was killing it performance wise, especially where Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom were concerned.

3) Add that the OP is running an i3 processor and you just have a slow notebook.

Also, once the initial use of an SSD drive is used, it tends to slow due to garbage collection/Trim cycles in cleaning up data that was written and then ultimately deleted. This is done so that the used space is recovered for later data use.

All these factors conspire to slow an already slowed system down.

I have been running my SSD for 4 years now and I am a power user. No slowdowns as of yet. Still performing as fast as it did when I bought it.

An i3 CPU is good enough.

If working on apps from Adobe or any kind of heavy professional image manipulation, then 8GB RAM isn't always enough either. I would not touch those apps even with a stick if on a laptop, unless it's a top of the line one with latest and fastest parts of everything.

For basic office tasks an i3 and 4GB RAM is enough, no matter if on 32 or 64 bit OS. Many people claim an i5 is slow also, that is total nonsense. My laptop beats most of i7 laptops from same era in performance. Performance is so much more than just the CPU and amount of RAM.

I doubt the OP is doing any heavy video or photo editing, or he would most likely own a heavy weight desktop computer.

We can not go and recommend some expensive hardware and claim he needs it for someone who absolutely do NOT need that kind of performance.

I'd say upgrade to a 128-300GB SSD and optionally add more RAM. That's it. Next step would be to consider a new laptop with decent specs, once this one is starting to see the end of it's life. A MID level consumer laptop is more than good enough for most users. I never recommend to buy the cheapest low end consumer devices. They have poor quality and specs are terrible, which forces the user to buy a new one every or every second year. Neither do I recommend buying a top of the line laptop. It is a waste of money for most users.

You get most bang for the buck from laptops in the $600-1000 range. Less than that and you are in the low end market.

My personal requirements are in the $2500-5000 range. But that is a completely different story.

@zbook Great points!