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The memory of a computer system is the working storage. 

In general, the more memory you have the faster your computer will run and the more you can do at once.

Product Summary

¨ Often the best way to improve a computers performance is to upgrade the memory

¨ Windows is very memory hungry

¨ Memory is ‘cheap’ in comparison to some upgrade options and often gives the biggest performance improvement

Price : ~£20—>£100

Memory comes in many shapes, sizes and capacities.  They have names like DIMM, SIMM and SODIMM.  Most desktop computers today take DIMM’s (Dual In-line Memory Modules) laptops take SODIMM (Small Outline DIMM)

The memory is used by the computer to store the running programs and data.  Graphics programs and video programs use a great deal of memory and work better if there is plenty installed.

If a Windows computer doesn’t have enough memory it will start using the hard disk as a temporary storage area for programs that aren’t active.  This will slow the computer down.

The maximum memory capacity is determined by your computer motherboard and your operating system.