My computer is extremely, extremely slow, for example opening the Windows Calculator can take 30 or more seconds, so just imagine how slow doing actual work is.
When I built the computer I intentionally built it with too little RAM to save money to upgrade it later which I still have never done. I need an absolute minimum of 8 GB of RAM but I have 2 GB of RAM, and Windows makes 5 GB of virtual memory on the hard drive (can you start to understand why Calculator takes nearly a minute to load?) The reason is I normally have around 80 programs running at once.
One reason I haven't added RAM after nearly a year now is that a few years ago I doubled from 1 to 2 GB of RAM and I can tell you it made no difference whatsoever. Now I think the reason for that is is that I went from having 1/8th the RAM I need to having 1/4th the RAM I need, is this why my last RAM upgrade was nothing but wasted money (now that I think of it I should have returned it for a refund, it was that useless)?
I wanted to upgrade to 8 GB, but now I'm thinking that's repeating the same mistake because already I have 7 GB of RAM used with the virtual memory. So I'm thinking of upgrading to 12 or 16 GB.
So my questions are:
-Was my 1 to 2 GB upgrade all but useless because I went from having 1/8th the RAM I need to 1/4 the RAM I need?
-Will ANY amount of RAM allow the computer to run 80 programs without slowing to a crawl or can no computer do this regardless of RAM amount?
-If more RAM will make a noticeable difference, should I got for 8, 12 or 16 GB? I think 8 is close to repeating my last RAM upgrade mistake. I'd rather buy $300 of RAM and see an improvement than buy $250 of RAM to see no improvement whatsoever like before
If more RAM won't help, what about replacing my system hard drive with a quality SSD? Or what about a quality SSD plus 16 GB of RAM? All I want is my computer to not freeze for 1-10 minutes every time I click the mouse, which has been the case for the last year.
I work on my computer all having it this slow for a year certainly cost me way more in lost income than the RAM would have cost, if it will fix the problem.
If anyone can tell me how to get my computer to run fast even with 80 programs open you will save my life.
And BTW the rest of the computer is all top notch (quad core 3.2ghz AMD 64 bit CPU, 1 TB WD Black hard drive, Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 mobo).
When I built the computer I intentionally built it with too little RAM to save money to upgrade it later which I still have never done. I need an absolute minimum of 8 GB of RAM but I have 2 GB of RAM, and Windows makes 5 GB of virtual memory on the hard drive (can you start to understand why Calculator takes nearly a minute to load?) The reason is I normally have around 80 programs running at once.
One reason I haven't added RAM after nearly a year now is that a few years ago I doubled from 1 to 2 GB of RAM and I can tell you it made no difference whatsoever. Now I think the reason for that is is that I went from having 1/8th the RAM I need to having 1/4th the RAM I need, is this why my last RAM upgrade was nothing but wasted money (now that I think of it I should have returned it for a refund, it was that useless)?
I wanted to upgrade to 8 GB, but now I'm thinking that's repeating the same mistake because already I have 7 GB of RAM used with the virtual memory. So I'm thinking of upgrading to 12 or 16 GB.
So my questions are:
-Was my 1 to 2 GB upgrade all but useless because I went from having 1/8th the RAM I need to 1/4 the RAM I need?
-Will ANY amount of RAM allow the computer to run 80 programs without slowing to a crawl or can no computer do this regardless of RAM amount?
-If more RAM will make a noticeable difference, should I got for 8, 12 or 16 GB? I think 8 is close to repeating my last RAM upgrade mistake. I'd rather buy $300 of RAM and see an improvement than buy $250 of RAM to see no improvement whatsoever like before
If more RAM won't help, what about replacing my system hard drive with a quality SSD? Or what about a quality SSD plus 16 GB of RAM? All I want is my computer to not freeze for 1-10 minutes every time I click the mouse, which has been the case for the last year.
I work on my computer all having it this slow for a year certainly cost me way more in lost income than the RAM would have cost, if it will fix the problem.
If anyone can tell me how to get my computer to run fast even with 80 programs open you will save my life.
And BTW the rest of the computer is all top notch (quad core 3.2ghz AMD 64 bit CPU, 1 TB WD Black hard drive, Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 mobo).