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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1413766" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>To be a fair test/comparison, both computers should have the same amount of ram. An SSD (versus a traditional HD) can make a computer seem faster than it's cpu speed would indicate.</p><p></p><p>So if you take two computers (both with the same amount of ram & both with an SSD)...one has a 2.0ghz cpu & the other has a 2.9ghz cpu (both are the same "vintage")...then the computer with the 2.9ghz cpu should be a good bit faster.</p><p></p><p>As far as comparing two computers (same vintage):</p><p></p><p>- one with 4gig of ram & 2.9ghz cpu</p><p>- the other 8gig of ram & 2.0ghz cpu</p><p></p><p>...and which one would be faster. More ram does not necessarily mean more speed. If a computer already has enough ram to run the OS efficiently...and open some apps....then more ram won't speed things up. Especially if all someone is doing is e-mail and internet surfing. An SSD will probably speed things up more versus a traditional HD.</p><p></p><p>So for example...if someone was just surfing the internet (with each of the two computers listed above)...the 2.9ghz with 4gig of ram would probably be faster.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1413766, member: 56379"] To be a fair test/comparison, both computers should have the same amount of ram. An SSD (versus a traditional HD) can make a computer seem faster than it's cpu speed would indicate. So if you take two computers (both with the same amount of ram & both with an SSD)...one has a 2.0ghz cpu & the other has a 2.9ghz cpu (both are the same "vintage")...then the computer with the 2.9ghz cpu should be a good bit faster. As far as comparing two computers (same vintage): - one with 4gig of ram & 2.9ghz cpu - the other 8gig of ram & 2.0ghz cpu ...and which one would be faster. More ram does not necessarily mean more speed. If a computer already has enough ram to run the OS efficiently...and open some apps....then more ram won't speed things up. Especially if all someone is doing is e-mail and internet surfing. An SSD will probably speed things up more versus a traditional HD. So for example...if someone was just surfing the internet (with each of the two computers listed above)...the 2.9ghz with 4gig of ram would probably be faster. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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