One of the main questions, which for several decades has been preventing many computer owners from sleeping soundly, is: "How to increase the performance of your computing system?" It acquires particular relevance when launching any modern application that requires high-speed components. Fortunately, there is a solution, and several. As they say, for every taste and budget.
Three ways to improve performance. System Upgrade
The most cardinal way to increase productivity is to purchase a new computer, and send the old one for a well-deserved rest on a shelf or sell it at half price. The disadvantage of this method is that it costs a lot of money, so it can only be recommended if the computer was purchased (assembled) more than five years ago and has not been updated since then. Why such a period of time? It's simple: although the increase in the speed of components occurs annually, the improvement is only tens of percent, but to get a component that is several times better than the previous one and at an affordable price, it takes five years.
Component Upgrade
If you look at the forums for recommendations on how to increase productivity, then the second way becomes obvious. It consists in the deliberate change of certain components, which are the very “weak link” that limits the overall speed of the computing system.
Often there is a need to increase processor performance. It is he who is responsible for the speed of performing 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, lose sight of the hard drive. And in vain. Since all user files and
system programs are located on this media, the final performance largely depends on
the read / write speed of the device. The speed is affected by the cache size, spindle speed (5400, 7200, 10000) and the system interface (ATA, SATA, USB, etc.). If you have free funds, it makes sense to purchase an SSD media, the speed of which is several times higher than that of a classic HDD.
The next component, the replacement of which can improve performance, is RAM. Now the unspoken standard is 4 Gigabytes. If less is installed on the computer, then you should definitely increase the volume. Modern DDR3 modules are inexpensive.
And the last element that affects the speed of work is a video adapter. Its replacement is interesting, first of all, for lovers of computer games and people whose work is connected with three-dimensional graphics.
There is a method that allows you to tentatively determine the component that needs to be replaced. To do this, you will need the installed system Windows 7 (or 8). You need to call the properties of the “Computer” shortcut and click “Performance Index” in the window that appears. There is a clue - "What do the numbers mean." The smaller the number, the slower the component.
Software setting
There is a third way (free, but least effective) to increase productivity. It consists in more optimal work with programs. For example, it is known that Windows XP is less resource intensive than subsequent versions. Therefore, by installing it on a morally obsolete computer, part of the resources can be freed. It is often possible to improve performance by installing new drivers (for the disk subsystem, video card) and tuning the BIOS of the motherboard.