Improving T430 performance

[balak27]

I bought my T430 (core i5, 4gb, win7 64-bit) a little over 2 years ago. The machine slowed down quiet a bit. So I wiped the hard-drive clean, re-installed the OS and only installed a few additional apps. I feel the performance has slightly improved, but not much.

Does anyone have ideas on what I can do to improve performance? Would increasing the RAM to 8GB make a big difference?

[ZaZ]

Does anyone have ideas on what I can do to improve performance?

SSD. The T430 can do a mSATA SSD so you can keep the hard drive in the bay for storage where speed is not as important.

[balak27]

Does anyone have ideas on what I can do to improve performance?

SSD. The T430 can do a mSATA SSD so you can keep the hard drive in the bay for storage where speed is not as important.

Thanks ZaZ. Would you also upgrade the RAM to 8GB at the same time or would that not matter?

[ajkula66]

Would you also upgrade the RAM to 8GB at the same time or would that not matter?

I'd say go for it, RAM is inexpensive enough.

My last T420 (i5 CPU) had a mSATA boot drive + 7200rpm HDD in the main bay + 12GB RAM and that thing flew in W7 64 Pro. Seriously.

I can't see why T430 would be different in that respect - it will be slightly faster if anything - and 8GB RAM is still plenty for most people.

My $0.02 only...