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My computer is slow myths and facts

There are myths about slow computers that persist to this day: Storing too many files will slow down the machine; You should buy as much RAM as possible. Avoid these common mistakes when buying a new computer:

By yanaPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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My computer is slow myths and facts
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Delete personal files

Most of the users expect a large number of documents, music, videos or photos which can slow down the performance of the computer. Could not be farther from the truth.

The only problem we may have had with our files taking up a lot of disk space is that we ran out of space for our programs to run properly.

This space is critical for programs to store their temporary files while they run, and if they can't find it, your computer is likely extremely slow.

To solve this problem, we just need to buy a new disk and load it, but never give up our personal files.

Malware is to blame for everything

There is no doubt that most of the time a slow computer is caused by malware, but a malware or virus that leaves such a significant trace of its existence in the system is a very poorly designed program. because the first rule with this type of software is that the user does not realize that he has been affected.

This means that if your computer is slow, it's probably not due to malware or viruses, but something else. The first thing a virus writer thinks is that its development shows no activity, otherwise we will remove it as soon as it starts doing its job.

Reinstallation of the operating system

We were probably advised to reinstall the operating system from scratch when we discussed our problem with another user.

Of course, this will solve all your computer's performance problems, but it's the worst thing we can do, because while a complete reinstallation of the operating system may take about 15 minutes, it is true that as long as the software and updates and other elements usual is usually not. Considered (such as fonts, wallpapers, documents, etc.) that we have installed will require effort to reinstall them. We also need to backup all files before starting the task

hardware replacement

Another well-established myth among users is that replacing certain hardware in our computer provides a significant jump in computer performance. While this may be true in some cases, it all depends on the component being replaced.

The classic case is a graphics card. No matter how much budget we have to buy a graphics card with 2GB of RAM, if we only use it for office automation or internet browsing, we will not notice any difference with the graphics card that comes with the motherboard, whether the motherboard sends.

Another very common case is the speed of hard drives. There are basically two types of mechanical discs: those that spin at 5,400 rpm and those that spin at 7,200 rpm, with higher speeds being faster.

However, after a few months of use, that difference decreases dramatically, mainly because their heads have to use a lot of points to gather the information we need, and the more files we have, the more they have to search to find exactly what we need. .

This means that replacing a 5400rpm drive with a 7200rpm drive does almost nothing. At this point, however, we can choose to buy an SSD-type drive, which, with no mechanical parts, can transfer data at an incredibly higher speed than any traditional hard drive.

Enter here to clean your computer

Although all users would like our computer to work well every day, the truth is that we rarely achieve it because there are many factors that influence finding the root cause, a slow system can sometimes be difficult and it is always worth it find out what the problem is.

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  • Tumminia Hanisabout a year ago

    Thanks for sharing

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