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6 tips for speeding up a sluggish Windows PC

Posted on June 24, 2024

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Do you ever find yourself wishing your computer wasn’t running like a snoozing slug?

Have you noticed that it now runs a lot slower than it did when you first bought it?

As you probably know, computers tend to slow down over time due to clutter on the hard drive and other software-related issues.

This is simply a fact of life, especially with Windows-based machines.  [Read more…]

This is the best computer upgrade you can make for the money

Posted on April 3, 2024

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Every week I receive hundreds of questions for the Tech Q&A section of my blog, and one question I get asked on a regular basis is “What’s the best upgrade I can make to speed up my computer?”

In times past my answer was always the same: add more RAM!

But I’m afraid that’s no longer true in most situations…

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Q&A: How can I find out which RAM to buy for my PC?

Posted on February 2, 2024

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Question from Chris:  My family has two laptops and a desktop computer, all of which need more RAM. How can I find out which type of RAM to buy for each computer?

I checked online and there’s DDR, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, DIMMs, SODIMMS, etc. and they all seem to operate at different speeds. It’s all so confusing!  [Read more…]

Q&A: Should I add more RAM to my PC or install an SSD?

Posted on January 21, 2024

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Question from Thomas:  I have a little cash to spend to upgrade my desktop computer and I need your advice on how best to spend it.

Right now it has 16GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive (which is close to being full).

My question is should I use the money to double the RAM on this machine by adding another 16GB or would I be better off replacing the hard drive with a 1TB SSD?  [Read more…]

4 computer upgrades that I still recommend (and 3 that I don’t)

Posted on December 15, 2023

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There was a time when most any upgrade you could make to a computer would pay great dividends in increased speed and/or enhanced capabilities.

But times have changed, and some once-popular upgrades that were no-brainers back in the day no longer provide enough “bang for the buck” to make them worthwhile.

With that in mind, here are three computer upgrades that I no longer recommend for the average computer user:  [Read more…]

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