Purpleaardvark
Member
Hiya,
I've a 2013 Vortex and it's a great machine but it's a bit sluggish and I was wondering if there's anything that can be done to update it a bit.
I mainly use to for work; excel, word, powerpoint, surfing and more recently connected to the server at work whilst working from home.
I also use it to edit RAW photo's in lightroom which is the main reason i bought the spec that i did.
It's noticeably slower than the newer PCS laptops retrieving stuff from the internet and was wondering if a newer wifi thingy or newer (DDR4) ram might help?
It also tends to puff a lot particularly on longer video conference calls.
I've used CC cleaner periodically to tidy things up and have opened it up and blown the dust out of it from time to time and cleaned off old programs I no longer use.
You might guess that I'm not very technically minded so please speak slowly and in real simple terms.
Many thanks for any guidance that you can give to help out.
Also is there a way to turn the fans down?
I've a 2013 Vortex and it's a great machine but it's a bit sluggish and I was wondering if there's anything that can be done to update it a bit.
I mainly use to for work; excel, word, powerpoint, surfing and more recently connected to the server at work whilst working from home.
I also use it to edit RAW photo's in lightroom which is the main reason i bought the spec that i did.
It's noticeably slower than the newer PCS laptops retrieving stuff from the internet and was wondering if a newer wifi thingy or newer (DDR4) ram might help?
It also tends to puff a lot particularly on longer video conference calls.
I've used CC cleaner periodically to tidy things up and have opened it up and blown the dust out of it from time to time and cleaned off old programs I no longer use.
You might guess that I'm not very technically minded so please speak slowly and in real simple terms.
Many thanks for any guidance that you can give to help out.
Also is there a way to turn the fans down?
| Chassis & Display | Vortex Series: 15.6" AUO Matte 95% Gamut Widescreen (1920x1080) |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4900MQ (2.80GHz) 8MB |
| Memory (RAM) | 16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB) |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770M - 3.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11 |
| 2nd Graphics Card | NONE |
| 1st Storage Drive | 1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm) |
| 2nd Storage Drive | NONE |
| 1st M.2 SSD Drive | 128GB Plextor PX-128M5M mSATA SSD (upto 540MB/sR | 320MB/sW) |
| DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW) |
| External Hard Drive | NONE |
| Memory Card Reader | Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo) |
| Power Cable | 1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor |
| Battery | Vortex 15.6" Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH) |
| Thermal Paste | ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND |
| Sound Card | Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack |
| Wireless/Wired Networking | GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N-135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH |
| Wireless Router/HomePlugs | NONE |
| USB/Thunderbolt Options | 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD |
| Firewire | 1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT |
| Keyboard Language | INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD |
| Operating System | Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence |
| Windows Recovery Media | Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve |
