For those of you out there who are planning to upgrade their PC’s but have no idea where to start, here are some quicktips:
- Upgrade to maximum RAM – the computer memory is probably the cheapest part you could buy. As we know, software programs eat up memory resources so upgrading the RAM will instantly boost your PC’s processing speed. You just need to be aware of the maximum RAM that your OS and PC can handle. Windows XP (32-bit version) can only handle up to 3GB of RAM so there’s no use upgrading to 4GB even if your PC supports it.
- Switch to a better video card – good graphics cards are cheap these days. If you’re using graphics intensive software such as CAD or Corel Draw, consider changing your old video card. Trust me, it helps a lot.
- Buy a new hard disk - over time and constant use, the hard drive, like any other mechanical device, undergoes wear and tear. It helps to use a new hard drive every two to three years. The hard drive is generally the slowest among the other parts of the PC in terms of data transfer because it relies on mechanical parts. The whole PC’s speed is usually bottlenecked by a slow hard drive so getting a new one will give you good results.
Those are the usual upgrades you could do to a PC to boost its performance. Of course there are other conservative ways like organizing data, reformatting, partitioning and defragmentation but these will not give significant system improvements. Hope these tips help.
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