your 3847 should have a 4th Gen Intel cpu, i3/5/7. Increase ram to 8 gB ddr3 will help, which is not expensive.  If already 8 GB, good. R7 240 (GDDR5) or GT 640 (GDDR5) is good and not expensive, around $50. [URL]
Hey all! First post here and looking for some insight since I am not savvy AT ALL when it comes to upgrading my computer! I have an Inspiron 3847 with the stock Intel HD 4600 graphics card (basically completely stock from the day I bought it). I strictly use my PC for recording music and editing videos, and up until recently I have not had any issues at all.  Once I started using HitFilm Express to edit videos I noticed my computer getting insanely sluggish. I mean, it doesn't help that every time I open the software I get this notification:  [IMAGE] The last video I was working on actually made my computer crash and it took me a couple hours to get it running back like normal.  I did try to see if I could download any new drivers, but of course being that this PC is "very old" now, there are no longer any updates to make it run smoothly with this program.  So now I am looking to see what kind of graphics card I should look into getting to make this run properly. I am not looking for anything super fancy, just something to improve my experience.  I did see a previous post about purchasing this card, but I am unsure if this will be strong enough as they mainly just wanted a simple upgrade to browse more fluidly.  [URL] I would also prefer to NOT spend a TON of money, as I see there are a lot of really high class ones that go for a pretty hefty price.    Thank you all in advance!!! - John
Looking to upgrade graphics card for Inspiron 3847