• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    3·
    3 days ago

    You’d be amazed at the startup and program opening time gains on older computers’ when you change in the HDD that is stuck at read/write speeds of 5MB/s for a SSD

    • Jumuta
      2·
      3 days ago

      oh yeah SSDs are great, but RAM, thermals, etc don’t matter much

      • freebee
        1·
        3 days ago

        If RAM upgradable to dual channel it could still make a big difference

        • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
          1·
          2 days ago

          This. I don’t know how many people’s PCs I’ve looked at where they have ddr, but only one stick of RAM…