XionTawa
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I ran HD Tune (and posted the diagnostics results) for that very reason. The diagnostics didn't return any (obviously) worrisome results, but Performance Monitor did. That's why I prioritized upgrading the RAM over upgrading the hard drive.
That being said, I would like to upgrade the hard drive (both for capacity and speed) in the future. Dell lists multiple 7200 RPM as potential upgrades for my system, so I believe I'm in the clear to pick up this drive for $61 shipped as my next upgrade.
And if I don't see any significant performance boost with the RAM, I'll likely return it and spend $61 of the $85 I spent on RAM on the hard drive upgrade. But given the information available, I think I made the right call.
Of course, if I had a job, I may have just bought both the RAM and the hard drive at the same time.
Yeah...I wasn't going to take the time to read through all the posts ...just read the first one and posted my thoughts...