How to increase computer performance

One of the main questions that for several decades does not allow many computer owners to sleep soundly is the following: "How to increase the performance of your computer system?". It becomes particularly relevant when launching any modern application, requiring high-speed components. Fortunately, there is a solution, and several. As they say, for every taste and purse.

Three ways to improve performance. Updating the entire system

The most cardinal method to increase productivity is to purchase a new computer, and the old one should be sent to a well-deserved rest on a shelf or sold at half price. The disadvantage of this method is a considerable money expenditure, therefore it can be recommended only if the computer was purchased (assembled) more than five years ago and has not been updated since. Why just such a period of time? It's simple: although the speed of the components increases every year, the improvement is only tens of percent, but to get a component several times better than the previous one and at an affordable price, it's just necessary five years.

Component Upgrade

If you search the forums for recommendations how to increase productivity, then the second method becomes obvious. It consists in the purposeful replacement of certain components, which are thus the "weak link" that limits the overall speed of the computer system.

Often there is a need to increase processor performance. It is he who is responsible for the speed of mathematical operations. The main characteristics that determine the speed of calculations are the frequency in gigahertz and the number of cores. The bigger, the better.

Some, considering how to increase computer performance, overlook the hard drive. And in vain. Since all user files and system programs are placed on this medium, the final performance depends to a considerable extent on the speed of the device's reading / writing . The speed is influenced by the cache memory, the spindle speed (5400, 7200, 10000) and the system interface (ATA, SATA, USB, etc.). With free resources, it makes sense to purchase a SSD media, whose speed is several times higher than that of a classic HDD.

The next component, the replacement of which improves performance, is RAM. Now the unspoken standard is 4 Gigabytes. If the computer is installed less, then it is necessary to increase the volume. Modern DDR3 modules are inexpensive.

And the last element that affects the speed of work is the video adapter. Its replacement is interesting, first of all, to fans of computer games and people whose work is connected with three-dimensional graphics.

There is a way to roughly determine the component that needs to be replaced. To do this, you need the installed system Windows 7 (or 8). You need to call the properties of the shortcut "Computer" and in the appeared window click "Performance index". Here is a clue - "What do the numbers mean?" The smaller the number, the slower the component.

Software configuration

There is a third way (free, but least effective), how to increase productivity. It consists in more optimal work with programs. For example, it is known that Windows XP is less resource-intensive than later versions. Therefore, installing it on a morally obsolete computer, you can free up some of the resources. Improved performance is often achieved by installing new drivers (for disk subsystem, video card) and BIOS setup of the motherboard.