He component operation of the PC can be measured individually (for example, TFLOPs have GPUs), but the full performance of the machine is not the responsibility of all its components. To find out that the PC is slow, the problem actually arises from the fact that one of the pieces is no longer in size and a sign that we are seeing that well, that PC is slow.
Of course there are exceptions to everything, and this idea will depend largely on what equipment is used for. For example, we can have a group with next-generation processor and more RAM, but it will be slower in games if we don't have a dedicated graphics card. For this reason, what we will tell you next is taking a typical user feature with the standard PC usage.
Improve performance by updating PC hardware
We'll see, respectively, what features will improve PC performance.
SSD gives the team a new life
Arguably, the thing that greatly improves performance, or at least the one that has real user impact, is SSD. Move from hard drive drive to SSD, even on the SATA 3 input list, it gives the PC a new life from the moment you press the power button and see that it only takes a few seconds to start, when it takes you a long time.
So there is no doubt: if your PC is slow and you do not have an SSD, it is the first part you should analyze.
More RAM
When a human solves a puzzle, he or she often needs to make certain details go through his brain in order to remember it later. This is called short-term memory, and that's exactly what RAM does on a PC. Having more RAM on a PC basically increases its short-term memory. allowing multiple programs to do multiple things at the same time.
Mostly you will see performance improvements by increasing RAM when you are very small. For example, going from 4 to 8 GB of RAM is a highly recommended update, because today there is less than 8 GB under Windows 10, it is considered good and it is something. Now, if for example, you already have 16 GB of RAM, installing 32 GB will not improve the performance of the machine unless you use it heavy tasks that require a lot of RAM, such as video editing for example.
The processor is the brain of the PC
The processor remains, generally, the first thing we look for when buying a new PC. And, of course, we should also take it into consideration when looking at recycling. Updating the processor to be faster, with more cores and more course storage will improve PC performance, but the bad part is that with the processor generally we have to update the motherboard again and maybe even RAM If the new platform is already using another generation.
The graphics card will improve the performance of the games
Yes, in games and if we use video editing equipment, it will also help improve performance. In any case, updating the graphics card is quite restrictive because, as a general rule, it will only work for PC users to play. Obviously if, for example, we have a Radeon HD 6870 (which was great for its day), today's games will work poorly, and updating the current generation graph will be an investment will greatly improve the performance of the games.
The software also has an impact on performance
Finally we have to give a few words to the software, and not just format the machines and install everything again as we said earlier. If you want a PC to go faster, even if you have the latest hardware, the computer will start slower when you have it covered with programs and software you don't need, so it's necessary to save some order on this as well.
- Operating System: Having Windows 10 on a low-end PC will give us the feeling that it's slower, when for example with earlier versions it was better.
- Apps: If all you need is Chrome and Notepad, you don't have to worry. But avoid unnecessary programs that you do not use.
- Background programs: most programs include some backdrops that work when you start a PC and make everything slow.
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