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Quickest, Easiest, Most Costs Efficient Way to Speed Up Your PC

There is one really simple way to speed up your PC.  Upgrade your memory.  It sounds to simplistic but it is the single most effective upgrade you can make.  Memory is a cheap upgrade that can double the speed of your system, depending on how much memory you have to start with.   The rule of thumb when updating your memory is buy the largest amount of memory you can afford and that your PC can hold.  You will probably want to open your PC’s case to see what type of memory you need.  There are a lot of different types of memory available and you can’t always tell the difference by looking.  Your best bet it to take a piece of memory out of your computer and take it with you.   

Don’t be intimidated by the fact that you have to open the case.  Changing or adding memory is a simple snap in place upgrade…no cables or anything else.   Once the case is open just look for some slim/short narrow cards.  They are normally installed in pairs.

For a primer on computer memory check out: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2164435,00.asp