Your PC has fairly basic hardware, a budget Cpu with built-in Graphics, which will limit it's performance.
It's hard to say if it will work with a better Cpu and/or Graphics card.
To fit a better Cpu the Bios has to support it, so unless you can find someone online who has already done so for a particular Cpu it's a gamble.
The problem with fitting a Graphics card is will the PSU be able to handle it, brand name PCs are not designed for upgrading and will usually have a PSU that is just powerful enough to handle the original hardware.

 

HP Pavilion Desktop 590-p0xxx

What is the exact serial number(S/N) and product number(P/N) on that HP desktop?

Once we know its exact model number and its exact hardware specs, it will be easier to help you.

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This is the performance ratings of its processor and integrated graphics.

Adding another 8 GB of RAM and switching to a solid state drive(SSD) will definitely improve speed and snappiness.

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What is the exact serial number(S/N) and product number(P/N) on that HP desktop?

Once we know its exact model number and its exact hardware specs, it will be easier to help you.

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This is the performance ratings of its processor and integrated graphics.

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Adding another 8 GB of RAM and switching to a solid state drive(SSD) will definitely improve speed and snappiness.

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Hi Frank,

I believe my serial number is 8CG83046Z4 and Product number : 3LA53AA#ABA. Also below is some additional information about the device:

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.9
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Education, 64 bit, Build 19042, Installed 20200901204330.000000-480
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics, AMD64 Family 23 Model 17 Stepping 0, CPU Count: 4
Total Physical RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: AMD 15DD Graphics, 1024 MB
Hard Drives: C: 914 GB (785 GB Free);
Motherboard: HP 8433, ver 11, s/n PGSYE0I0GB3DXO
System: AMI, ver HPQOEM - 1072009, s/n 8CG83046Z4
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Enabled and Updated

 

If you are not able to find the serial number, you can use our TSG System Information Tool to get the information.

I wonder if the drive is a 5400RPM drive?

 

Without the exact model number, we're left guessing what hardware it came with and supports.

I'll take a wild guess it supports up to 32 GB(16 GB x 2) of DDR4 RAM.

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Ok, you have this HP Pavilion 590-p0024 Desktop PC and it's about 2 years old. It should have been shipped with Windows 10 Home, but you have Education version which I believe is meant for computers within an academic institution that uses volume licensing, and not for personal use.

The hard drive is a 7200RPM SATA Drive and the processor seems to be a low-end/budget chip so that may be a few reasons for the slowness. I had to change my son's hard drive (SATA drive) to a SSD drive and it made a big difference, as in everything was more smoother.

While the memory is usually sufficient, you may need more if you are trying to do more intensive stuff. The machine can handle 32GB maximum. That is something to consider.

So, what is your day to day use of the this computer? Do you tend to leave programs open, have multiple tabs open? What programs are you seeing issues with?

 

Thank you for the response. In terms of my day to day use, I am a researcher and have been working from home so I often have multiple programs open at the same time. Usually outlook, word, excel, google chrome with multiple windows, trello, and spotify. The only heavy duty program I use is Stata statistical package from time to time, although I can only use it with smaller datasets otherwise the program will freeze.

I have Windows education because I work for a university, which gives us a free copy, and Bitlocker was not available in my previous windows version.

 

You mention that you bought the computer two years ago but the Education version of Windows 10 was only installed just over five months ago. Did you purchase it new or used and what operating system was on it when you bought it?

 

I bought the computer new and it originally had Windows Home. I have Windows education because I work for a university, which gives us a free copy, and Bitlocker was not available in my previous windows version, which is required to get on the VPN.

 

I'll leave you with James and Karen and "unwatch" myself from this thread.