The Best Ways to Effectively Speed up A Slow PC via Adding RAM

A slow computer may be attributed to many reasons such as lack of computer memory, spyware, viruses, Trojan cluttered computer files. Lack of computer memory or RAM is the first thing you should check for! To find out how much memory your PC has right click on the “My Computer” icon, then select Properties, on the General tab you’ll see the amount of RAM which is installed on your PC.

The minimum requirements for XP are 128MB [although 256MB is recommended] and Vista Home Basic is 512MB, and Vista Home Premium / Business / Ultimate require 1GB.

If you have Windows XP, as a minimum I would suggest 512MB and ideally 1GB in memory. For Windows Vista, I would suggest the minimum of 1GB for Home Basic and 1.5GB [ideally 2GB] for Vista Home Premium / Business / Ultimate.

Once the extra memory is installed, your computer will run faster.

It’s not difficult to install extra RAM, although it can be scary to think about opening up your computer if you haven’t done it before. There is plenty of information and even step by step videos of how to install extra RAM available via the Internet. Or you can also ask your friends to help you. Or you can refer to your PC user manual to locate the RAM.

You can find out how much RAM is installed in your PC. You can open the System Information dialog box to see the installed physical memory.

To open System Information, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click System Information. In the left pane, select System Summary. The Installed Physical Memory (RAM) entry in the list tells you how much RAM your computer has.