HP Pavilion 500-281

[roycesaunders10]

My HP Pavilion 500-281 is slow to process commands after I hit return. Sometimes up to a minute.  It also is slow to open documents or programs.

[Bill_To]

Hi @roycesaunders10 

Welcome to the HP Forum.

Two major variables can affect system performance.

1. Hardware config

2. The number of Windows processes running.

I checked your PC's hardware config. You have the following components:

1. Four GBs of RAM.

2. A slow 1 TB HDD.

3. A dual core i3-4130 CPU.

You might get some relief by upgrading the RAM and swapping in a SATA SSD. I would do a 2x8 GB memory kit and a 1 TB SATA SSD. This would cost about $100.00 USD.

Crucial would have upgrades (RAM and internal SSD) for these two components:

You could also upgrade the current dual core CPU to a Quad Core CPU.

The following CPS will work with your HP MB. Look at Haswell Quad Core upgrade options.

Processor	TDP	Integrated Graphics
Intel Celeron G1820 (Haswell) 2.7 GHz Dual Core	54 W	Intel HD Graphics (GT1)
Intel Pentium G1840 (Haswell) 2.8 GHz Dual Core	53 W	Intel HD Graphics (GT1)
Intel Pentium G3220 (Haswell) 3.0 GHz Dual Core	54 W	Intel HD Graphics (GT1)
Intel Pentium G3240 (Haswell) 3.1 GHz Dual Core	53 W	Intel HD Graphics (GT1)
Intel Pentium G3250 (Haswell) 3.2 GHz Dual Core	53 W	Intel HD Graphics (GT1)
Intel Core i3-4130 (Haswell) 3.4 GHz Dual Core	54 W	Intel HD Graphics 4400 (GT2)
Intel Core i3-4150 (Haswell) 3.5 GHz Dual Core	54 W	Intel HD Graphics 4400 (GT2)
Intel Core i3-4160 (Haswell) 3.5 GHz Dual Core	54 W	Intel HD Graphics 4400 (GT2)
Intel Core i3-4330 (Haswell) 3.5 GHz Dual Core	54 W	Intel HD Graphics 4400 (GT2)
Intel Core i5-4430 (Haswell) 3.0 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i5-4440 (Haswell) 3.1 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i5-4460 (Haswell) 3.4 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i5-4460S (Haswell) 3.1 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i5-4570 (Haswell) 3.2 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i5-4670 (Haswell) 3.4 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i7-4770 (Haswell) 3.4 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i7-4771 (Haswell) 3.5 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i7-4790 (Haswell) 3.6 GHz Quad Core	84 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)
Intel Core i7-4790S (Haswell) 3.2 GHz Quad Core	65 W	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)

Regards