Archive for November 3rd, 2008
Question Asked: Will More RAM Make My Computer Faster?
Not necessarily. While it will help in some ways, overall speed isn’t necessarily one of them.
It may seem that your computer is faster, because programs will open faster when you click on them, and you’ll be able to run more programs at the same time, but the overall speed of the computer won’t have improved.
Adding RAM will prolong the time you can use your computer, without having to shut down applications, or reboot the machine. It will not make the processor speed of your machine run any faster.
If you’re running into situations where the computer won’t open any more applications, or it had applications that crash and shut themselves down, adding more RAM will likely solve that issue.
However, more RAM shouldn’t be seen as a cure-all for any computer speed ailments. If the PC is older than a few years, it’s probably time to upgrade to a new machine. Computers are relatively cheap enough now that people can afford to upgrade every few years. The downside of doing so, is that all your data from your old PC will need to be copied over, which can be a daunting task. That’s why I personally keep all my important data on an external hard drive (many of them, actually), so I can easily just connect it to a new computer, and have it all handy.