noticeable difference upgrading 2006 imac HD?

[Chris3125]

I did some searching on this topic but couldn't really find any info. I have a 2006 24" iMac with a 250gb HD. I just upgraded the ram to 3gb and have done a fresh install of snow leopard but my machine still seems to struggle with applications and accessing files. I was looking at replacing it with either a WD Caviar Black or a Samsung Spinpoint 1tb.

the extra space is not my biggest concern, just wondering about performance increases?

Thanks

Chris

 

[Hellhammer]

It should speed up. Could be that your current HD is on its last legs and thus it's lagging.

 

[Chris3125]

yeah thats the impression I get, its getting rather noisy as well

 

[rkaufmann87]

yeah thats the impression I get, its getting rather noisy as well

If you haven't already make sure you back it up before it packs it in for good.