So I'm stuck with this "OKAY" Asus K52F, and I'm trying to do some upgrades on it.

I just did a little RAM upgrade (from 3GB to 6GB) and I plan on maxing that out soon. Seems to me like there isn't much left that can be done to it, but I wanted to get some opinion on what would make a good upgrade with it.

Obviously the best solution would be getting a more power platform to build on, but beside that, what would you guys do?

Also, just curious if this SSD would work.
http://ocz.com/consumer/vector-7mm-sata-3-ssd/specifications

For some reason I'm totally blanking and haven't been able to find a STRAIGHT answer on Google as to whether or not SATA III will work on a SATA platform. I know it's backward compatible from SATA III to SATA II, and I believe SATA II is also backward compatible to SATA... so it SATA III also backward compatible to SATA?All SATA standards are backwards compatible...
Whether this is a worthwhile investment or not can only be decided by who holds the cabbage...You will be able to use any SATA standard on any SATA port but the speed may end up being limited by the port's speed. I'd still say an SSD is very worthwhile for that machine (I used to have a similar spec laptop and an SSD really helped) but you may WANT to save money and get a cheaper SSD as you won't get the full speed of the Vector on anything lower than SATA III (Not that it won't work of course).Virtually all SSD's are SATA III, so don't worry about it. It'll work on SATA I or II & will run at the speed of the host.
Your Asus K52F is probably II or III, specs don't say. HWInfo will tell you for sure.
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/K52F/#specifications

128GB OCZ Vector is $150; Newegg user FEEDBACK is not that great. My experience with OCZ is that they reluctant to warranty anything & make the process overly difficult.What should be mentioned here is that the speeds of the SSD depend on the Mboards slot speeds...
An SSD HDD will not be as fast on a SATA 1 port as it will be on SATA 3...
That being stated you should see a performance increase with an SSD HDD.

BTW i disagree with the info above regarding OCZ...i've had nothing but good luck DEALING with them in the past.Quote from: patio on May 31, 2013, 04:04:08 PM

What should be mentioned here is that the speeds of the SSD depend on the Mboards slot speeds...
An SSD HDD will not be as fast on a SATA 1 port as it will be on SATA 3...
That being stated you should see a performance increase with an SSD HDD.

BTW i disagree with the info above regarding OCZ...i've had nothing but good luck dealing with them in the past.