True. The original 530s had a spinning platter drive, 4GB of RAM and Intel integrated graphics. But the original was also a low-end Dell PC. With these upgrade

True. The original 530s had a spinning platter drive, 4GB of RAM and Intel integrated graphics. But the original was also a low-end Dell PC. With these upgrades, it would be a higher-end 2005 machine. The performance boost was unnoticeable with the added RAM and video card (primarily for driving dual monitors -- the GT 610 was a cheap $70 card, not a high end card by any means). What really changed the performance was the SSD -- which I added much later -- now that was noticeable.