Why adding RAM makes a computer faster 22 Articles

by Jonathan Blain

Why More RAM is Better ? Has your old computer lost its get up and go? Or perhaps you've just invested in a brand spankin' new PC and you're thinking life is good until your son tries his role-playing game over the Net, o...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

Working memory on a computer is known as RAM. RAM is an acronym for random access memory and its purpose is to store information you are working on and will speed up the access to the programs and files you are using. The ...read more

by Keith Hamburger

Adding RAM to your computer is one of the least expensive and easiest ways to bring your system back to life and get the most of its capabiliities. It seems to happen at the very worst time. You have a lot to do and sudde...read more

by Ravi M S

The computer, just like a human brain needs to think. As we all have learned in school, we know that the computers have got a lot to do with math. And when we do math, we need some scratch pads (if we aren't using calculat...read more

by Alan Fernald

Since the advent of Microsoft Windows 3.11 and the 386 PC, each new version of Windows has required significantly more RAM than the immediately preceeding version. As RAM was historically one of the most expensive compone...read more

by Maxwell Payne

RAM stands for Random Access Memory. In its simplest terms RAM is the working memory of your computer. It is like your brain's short term memory. As your computer runs various tasks and processes, this RAM memory begin...read more

by Joe V.

Many people hear on a daily basis that simply by adding RAM to their computer they will get a major speed improvement. While the amount of speed improvement varies based on the system, there are very sound reasons why a co...read more

by Raymond Chase

RAM or Random Access Memory is a critical component for a computer to run properly. Having not enough RAM can render a computer useless over time due to too many programs or applications being used at the same time. The m...read more

by Emo Roxas333

The 21st century has high demand for computer skills. It seems that everywhere you go, computers are helping make our life's more simple and connected. But what makes some computers faster than others? The answer to that i...read more

by Daniel Booy

Apart from the CPU (the Central Processing Unit: the 'brain' of the computer), RAM is arguably the computer's most important component when it comes to speed. RAM - which stands for Random Access Memory - is the storage...read more

by Mani Gupta

In its simplest terms RAM is the working memory of your computer. It is like your brain's short term memory. As your computer runs various tasks and processes, this RAM memory begins to fill up. This 'now' memory allows yo...read more

by Shaz L.

RAM expands to Random Access Memory. It is the primary memory for a computer because the actual operations takes place here. As we require more memory to do more complex operations, calculations and analysis; similarly, a ...read more

by Odin Kyle

Adding RAM(Random Access Memory) to a computer will make it run faster. Modern operating systems will use page swapping to make it appear to programs that a computer has more memory then it does. Some operating systems use...read more

by Pedro Pacheco

One of the most important components in the computer is the memory it has or RAM. This memory acts like the middle man between the processor and the hard disk. It is also used as the work space for the processor. To unders...read more

by Dhammapiya

In today's technology, the computing speed of a computer lies on the CPU (Central Processing Unit). However, the RAM (Random Access Memory) also have a major role in contributing to the overall performance of a computer. ...read more

by William Hamilton

RAM is the memory at a computer has when its on. Any programs that you run have to go into RAM to be run. This is not to be confused with a hard drives memory, that is the memory that is permanent and does not go away when...read more

by Clacky McSnackins

Understanding the concept of RAM is one of the most important things to understand in upgrading your computer. RAM or Random Access Memory is one of the easiest upgrades that you can do to a computer in order to make it r...read more

by Richard Serra

For the most part, the increased memory you add, adds to your computers ability to do multitasking and other various tasks. If your adding more RAM, that tells me you already know what it is, and how it increases you PCs ...read more

by Katie Savinger

Random Access Memory enables the computer to run its current functions. Executable files, DLLs etc are pulled off the hard drive and loaded into RAM for the current session. The Virtual Memory Manager then manages the RAM ...read more

by Steve Martin

Humans have three types of memory: Long-term memory: e.g. memories ofmy schooldays Short-term memory: e.g.what I did at work yesterday Working memory: e.g what I am doing now (typing, writing, reading) RAM (Random Ac...read more