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LangaList: Is high disk usage a RAM problem or a PC problem?

Posted on September 18, 2019 at 06:16 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

Another pearl of wisdom from Fred Langa:

If a PC is running slow despite having reasonably current and otherwise-healthy hardware, then too-little RAM is for sure a prime suspect… start by loading up on RAM: It’s usually the cheapest, fastest, easiest way to improve performance.

Troubleshooting, Upgrading RAM

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