Solve : Upgrading my PC-Need some advice?

1.	Solve : Upgrading my PC-Need some advice?
Answer» https://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/1009507/1009507sp2.shtml this is the link for the specifications of my pc. I have a GT5456H its a Gateway. I like to edit videos of me and my buddies bmx and skating but my PC cant quite handle it. it gets laggy when im using Sony VEGAS Pro 10 to make my videos, Its not like its horrible it just isnt great. What could i buy to help speed things up a bit. More RAM? i think i can only put 2GB more in and would another hard driv help?How old is the computer? Is it a laptop or a Desktop/tower type pc? I am not a Mac/Apple guy however for editing music and video I might would look at Apple if it is in the budget.That machine can take up to 4gb RAM which may help slightly but I imagine your CPU is going to be the BIG limitation here. With the age of that PC your best bet would be to simply sell it and use the money to put towards a new machine. It's simply not worth spending time and money on a machine of that age. A hard drive would GIVE more storage space and potentially faster load times (if the new disk is faster than the current one) but won't really help video editing performance.800Mhz front side bus... Thats the real slowdown. More RAM may improve it a bit but video editing is very demanding on all components.

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