Add More Memory to Speed Up Your PC

Adding more memory to your computer is often the most cost-effective upgrade you can make to speed up your PC, especially if it feels a bit sluggish after a few years of use.

Here is a brief overview of how to add more memory to your computer.

PC memory comes in many flavours, such as DDR2, DDR3 and DDR4. Newer technologies always offer faster performance, but most motherboards accept only one type of memory so you need to check your PC's manual to find out what type of memory modules you need and how you should install them.

Companies such as Crucial and Kingston offer handy online tools that identify the appropriate memory for many different computers and a variety of motherboards.

To take advantage of more than 4GB of memory your PC needs to run a 64-bit operating system either using Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8. 64-bit systems offer direct access to more virtual and physical memory than 32-bit systems and therefore process a lot more data per clock cycle. This makes your PC run faster and perform everyday tasks that much quicker. Bearing in mind this useful speed improvement, we thoroughly recommend that you use a 64-bit operating system.

To find out more about the steps you need to take to install more PC memory please see the complete article - How to Upgrade Your Computers Memory.