Top 5 reasons for upgrading your computer's memory

Top 5 reasons for upgrading your computer's memory

Why should you upgrade you computer memory? We discuss the top 5 reasons for upgrading.

Created on Wednesday 18th May 2016

We have all been there your computer has become sluggish when you are working hard trying to get your latest report finished and you cannot have multiple tabs open without the machine grinding to a halt. Did you know that increasing the ram memory is one of the simplest and most cost efficient ways to boost the performance of your PC. Listed below are the top 5 reasons you should upgrade your computer ram. 

Increase speed

If you are looking at cute cats online or gaming with your mates, you will see an improvement in the speed of your applications and your internet browsing. 

Improved performance

With the added speed comes improved performance of your day to day tasks.  Completing your work load more efficiently will not only please your boss but also take the pressure off on deadline day. 

Advances in software and Operating Systems

Microsoft are trying to migrate users over to their new windows 10 OS therefore you need to ensure that you have enough computer memory to support the update.  The minimum requirements are 1GB for a 32-bit system and 2GB for a 64-bit system. Running Photoshop? The minimum requirement for ram is 2GB with the recommended amount being 8GB. 

Keep it green.

Think about all those computers that are on the scrap heap. More than 4.6million tonnes of e-waste ends up in landfill each year. It is believed that over 112,000 PC’s are thrown away each day in the USA this is over 41.1million laptop and desktop computers each year a percentage of which could have been saved by a simple upgrade. By increasing the lifespan of your product you are also doing your bit for the environment.  

HDD Failure

So without getting into too much detail your ram can help save your HDD. The more memory you have installed in your machine the less often your machine has to talk to your Hard Drive for information.