The biggest factors for me in deciding are what I use the computer for, how long I have had it, and to what extent I find it slowing me down. This balance point will be quite different for someone doing primarily professional video production, software development, or social media site browsing. Also worth mentioning is the disk: For a computer that old, it is unlikely to have a solid-state drive (SSD) in it, so operations are therefore input/output (I/O) bound by the speed of disk accesses. Alas, SSDs are more expensive, at least in the typical computer capacities, than the corresponding hard disk drive, as well as coming in multiple "flavors", if you will, based on their connection method. This implies maximizing "bang for your buck" - the most value for money - is always a good thing to shoot for. Good luck!
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The biggest factors for me in deciding are what I use the computer for, how long I have had it, and to what extent I find it slowing me down. This balance point will be quite different for someone doing primarily professional video production, software development, or social media site browsing. Also worth mentioning is the disk: For a computer that old, it is unlikely to have a solid-state drive (SSD) in it, so operations are therefore input/output (I/O) bound by the speed of disk accesses. Alas, SSDs are more expensive, at least in the typical computer capacities, than the corresponding hard disk drive, as well as coming in multiple "flavors", if you will, based on their connection method. This implies maximizing "bang for your buck" - the most value for money - is always a good thing to shoot for. Good luck!