Old computer installation Win7, WIN8 system hardware upgrade scheme

according to Microsoft's official statement, the Windows XP system that accompanies us for many years will be officially "laid off" on April 8 this year, and no longer enjoy Microsoft's official support services. After the news, many of the loyalists of the XP system were terrified, fearing that there would be no security for official support services, and worried that if XP was used instead of Windows7 or WINDOWS8, it would make them "bleed". A comprehensive upgrade of the original hardware configuration of the computer is required. Security concerns, there are many domestic security software manufacturers jumped out to pat Heart Commitment will help Microsoft responsible for the end, is also a confessed. But for users who have upgraded windows, there seems to be no specific solution, so what can we do about it? It doesn't matter, we can help you in this respect.

Easiest Workaround: Add memory

If you do not want to be on the hardware platform and want to upgrade from the original Windows XP to the new version of the Windows system, the best choice is undoubtedly a mature and stable Win7 system. However, it should be noted that the Windows 7 system differs from Windows XP in that the Win7 is built on the Windows NT 6.1 kernel, has a first-class stability, but has a significant performance requirement for hardware, so upgrading Windows 7 on older hardware platforms We still need to do a small range of hardware configuration upgrades.

So which hardware configuration upgrades are the most immediate for Windows 7? In this regard we give you the idea of upgrading the memory, of course, this program is mainly applicable to hardware platform in the last 3-5 years to purchase friends, if your computer is purchased 5 years ago, Well, it's better to have a big, radical upgrade. This is mainly because in the hardware platform 5 years ago the technical standards of many accessories and the current market can buy the technical standards of accessories are very different, upgrade dedicated accessories have been difficult to buy, so we can do nothing.

Seriously, why do we prefer to upgrade memory? This is because Windows 7 systems have much greater memory addressing space than Windows XP and are better at leveraging high-capacity memory to provide a smooth operating experience, so if we choose to upgrade the memory, we can maximize the "squeeze" The performance of old hardware to achieve a Low-cost system platform upgrade. In upgrading the capacity of memory, we prefer to recommend 4GB memory scheme, and if your computer motherboards support dual-channel memory technology, then it is best to buy 2X2GB memory, so basically the old computer after the installation of Windows 7 system if the day-to-day office, audio-visual, Internet applications and so on, Can be easily dealt with, but if you play the game, then it may not be so satisfying.

Advanced Upgrade scheme: Plus hard drive

Upgrading memory to improve the performance of old computers is only the lowest cost solution, in order to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8 system, only rely on upgrading memory, can quickly solve the problem is only usable, if you want to use it, we need to invest more appropriate costs. In addition to the memory upgrade, what other parts of the upgrade can let us at a less cost to install Win7 or WIN8 system will have a smooth use of the experience it?

In this regard, we will recommend the market in the last two years the more popular SSD (solid-state drive) products. Compared with the traditional mechanical hard disk, SSD uses flash memory chip as storage equipment, whether in reading speed or seismic capability has the essence of ascension, the only insufficient is at the same price, SSD capacity is much smaller than the traditional mechanical hard disk. Take the price of 500 yuan as an example, in the market we have been able to buy more than 1TB of mass mechanical hard disk, but if the money used to buy SSD, you can only buy 128GB capacity, it seems that the price is not too high, is not it? Not really, because we are the need for old computer upgrades, Therefore, the purchase of SSD is not used to directly replace the original mechanical hard disk, and can be used with the use of the scheme, the original mechanical hard disk from the system installation disk into a data storage disk, the new SSD is used to install the operating system and software, so that can speed up and expand the effect of both

Because the read-write speed of solid-state drives is up to 150-300mb/s, at least 3-5 times higher than the mechanical hard drive, so by adding SSD, our old computer can easily break through performance bottlenecks, upgrade Windows 7 or Windows 8 Systems provide a more reliable experience of security. It should be pointed out that this upgrade is also only for users who are not game enthusiasts, if you are keen to use the computer to play games, then also need in the video card, power supply, chassis fan details such as the fuss, it is not so simple.