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Maximizing System Unit Speed

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by den_santiago 1 view

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I just wanna ask if anyone could give me some tips on how to speed up our school's unit if we're going to install Windows 98, Office 2000, and Visual Basic.
Here are our specs:
Processor: Pentium 166 & 200 MMX
RAM : 32 MB
Hard Disk: 2.1 and 4.3 GB
Video Card: S3 - 1 MB
Are there any softwares and guides you can give me. It will be greatly appreciated.

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by csmith

A faster processor will not be cost effective.
There is only a few percent gain from 166 to 233 MHz.
The memory ugrade will really help.
Office 2000 is a RAM hog.
You can see this by running MemMax or CacheManager. (Both free downloads. Try www.zdnet.com )
A video card upgrade will help, but not as much as more RAM.
If these PCs are networked, with no CDROM installed, a slight gain can be achieved by putting the HDs on the two separate IDE Channels, with TEMP and Virtual Memory on D: .
Do not do this if a CDROM is installed.
With a CDROM, put the CDROM on IDE 2 and both hard drives on IDE 1 .
Regards, Chris

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