Is a new PC needed?

[Kitwn]

You've had the best advice already. Based on my own experience with video editting on a W7 machine, having only 4GB of RAM is not enough, Windows is already using most of it. Doubling up to 8GB will make a world of difference and make it seem like a new machine anyway. Whether you have to discard the existing RAM or just add an extra 4GB will depend on having available slots on the motherboard.

I haven't upgraded any of our computers for a while but when I did the research a few years back it was recommended NOT to spend money on the fastest, cutest looking, most expensive RAM available unless you have top components throughout the machine and are doing the most demanding tasks like editting Lord of the Rings or gaming. What is currently seen as vanilla memory from a repuatble maker like Kingston or Corsair is fine.

I'm interested to see how you get on as my own AXBB-E is due to arrive on Monday and I plan to run UCCNC on this laptop which is a bit long in the tooth and has only 4GB of RAM itself, plus a solid state HD (made a big difference fiiting that) and Windows 10.

Kit