Ready-4-ER-at-14
Full time employment: Posting here.
Hi, I find myself wanting a newer computer even though this one is quite functional and far surpasses my needs. I think I am more into the tire kicking stage than immediate purchase mode.
My problem is that I no longer know how to tell what is better as there is no catch all labels like 286, 386, 486 to go by. I know that more ram is a better thing and lots of hard drive space is nice.
I have a hp-envy
Processor AMD A10-8750 Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G, 3600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB
System Model 750-116
I have two hard drives, 2 gig and 3 gig as well as two nvidia video cards, each running two monitors so I prefer at least two open slots. It is hooked up to label printer, high speed scanner, and docking bay.
Seems I bought this a couple years ago for maybe $700 from office depot. That was for tower, keyboard and mouse.
Anyone know what I would have to upgrade upto to notice any significant difference? It is ok to tell me to keep it for a few more years. Mostly I do spreadsheets (huge) on excel and open many windows to download end of day stock stuff.
I do some AV in back ground as well. So I use the four monitors every day.
I cut and paste even though I did write code to retrieve automatically but links kept breaking.
I'd like to keep the cost for the tower around $700 or so which may mean waiting a few more years to get bang for the buck.
Thanks for any ideas.
My problem is that I no longer know how to tell what is better as there is no catch all labels like 286, 386, 486 to go by. I know that more ram is a better thing and lots of hard drive space is nice.
I have a hp-envy
Processor AMD A10-8750 Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G, 3600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB
System Model 750-116
I have two hard drives, 2 gig and 3 gig as well as two nvidia video cards, each running two monitors so I prefer at least two open slots. It is hooked up to label printer, high speed scanner, and docking bay.
Seems I bought this a couple years ago for maybe $700 from office depot. That was for tower, keyboard and mouse.
Anyone know what I would have to upgrade upto to notice any significant difference? It is ok to tell me to keep it for a few more years. Mostly I do spreadsheets (huge) on excel and open many windows to download end of day stock stuff.
I do some AV in back ground as well. So I use the four monitors every day.
I cut and paste even though I did write code to retrieve automatically but links kept breaking.
I'd like to keep the cost for the tower around $700 or so which may mean waiting a few more years to get bang for the buck.
Thanks for any ideas.