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Tips to Upgrade Your Computer
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Why Upgrade?

• Startup programs, junk files, and even clumps of
  dust are just weighing it down.
• If you give your PCs software and hardware a
  quick tune-up, it should run like it did the day
  you bought it.
• Inexpensive hardware upgrades can even make your
  PC run faster than it ever did.

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Tips To Upgrade

• Software Update
• Disable or remove unwanted startup programs
• Clean up unnecessary system files
• Defragment and optimize your hard drives
• Keep your system free of viruses and malware
• Upgrade to a newer operating system

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Disable Or Remove Unwanted Startup Programs

• Many programs install system tray utilities or
  services that piggyback onto your system's
  startup routine, slowing your PC's boot time and
  wasting valuable RAM
• In Windows 8, right-click your taskbar, select
  Task Manager, click More details, and use the
  Startup tab to disable programs you dont need.
  The Task Manager even tells you how much time
  each program adds to your boot process.
• In Windows 7, you can use the Startup manager in
  CCleaner to change which programs start after a
  boot. In CCleaner, navigate to Tools gt Startup.
  Of course if you dont use a program, you should
  probably uninstall it entirely from your Control
  Panel instead of just disabling it.

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2. Clean Up Unnecessary System Files

• Use a tool like CCleaner or the Disk Cleanup
  program included in Windows to clear unnecessary
  files from your PC. These files take up space and
  can even slow down your PC.
• To open the Disk Cleanup program on Windows,
  start by tapping the Windows key to open your
  Start menu or Start screen. Type Disk Cleanup,
  and click the Free up disk space by deleting
  unnecessary files shortcut in Windows 8 or the
  Disk Cleanup shortcut in Windows 7.
• Use CCleaner if you want to clean up even more
  types of temporary files. You may want to tweak
  CCleaners settings first though, as it will
  erase your browser history, cookies, cache, and
  other data you may want to keep.

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3.Defragment And Optimize Your Hard Drives

• Modern versions of Windows defragment drives
  automatically in the background, so you probably
  dont have to defragment your hard drive
  manually. Still, it doesnt hurt to check.
• Tap the Windows key to open the Start menu or
  Start screen, type Defragment, and launch the
  Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7 or the Defragment
  and optimize your drives tool in Windows 8.
• Analyze your drives, and the tool will tell you
  whether you need to defragment them.

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4. Keep Your System Free Of Viruses And Malware

• Even if you're using antivirus software and
  otherwise playing it safe, newer kinds of malware
  can sneak into your system and hog resources.
• The nuclear option is reinstalling Windows
  entirely and starting afresh. In Windows 8, you
  can use the Refresh your PC feature to
  effectively reinstall Windows.
• Youll keep your personal files, but youll get
  a fresh desktop system and will have to reinstall
  your desktop software.
• On Windows 7, you can use your manufacturers
  recovery partition or reinstall Windows 7 from an
  installation disc.

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5. Upgrade To A Newer Operating System

• You can also upgrade your PCs operating system.
  If you have a really ancient PCmaybe you have an
  old Windows XP PC lying around you can try
  installing a lightweight Linux system on it to
  give it a new lease on life.
• Old computers that came with Windows Vista can
  probably be sped up by updating them to Windows
  8.1 or even Windows 7, but it may not be worth
  the 100 for a new Windows license.
• Youre usually better served putting that money
  towards newer, faster PC hardware.

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Tips To Upgrade Continue...

• B. Hardware Cleaning
• Bust the Dust
• Replace the Paste
• Replace your drives
• Upgrade your RAM
• Upgrade your CPU

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1. Bust the Dust

• While your computer is powered off and unplugged,
  open up its case and give it a spray with canned
  air to clean out that nasty dust clinging to fans
  and blocking vents.
• Depending on how long its been since you last
  cleaned your PC, you may find it surprisingly
  dusty!

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2. Replace the Paste

• Your computers CPU and GPU use a thermal
  compound to help dissipate heat.
• This compound sits between your both your CPU and
  your GPU and their respective heatsinks.
• The paste conducts heat from the heat-generating
  chip to the heatsink. The heatsink is then cooled
  by moving air pushed by a fan.

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3. Replace Your Drives

• The bottleneck in most PCs that is, the slowest
  part of the PC that you find yourself waiting for
  most often is the hard disk.
• If your PC is only a few years old but it seems
  like the hard disk is the slowest part, you can
  probably boost its speed by upgrading it with a
  solid-state drive. You may even be able to
  upgrade your laptop with an SSD.
• Whatever you do, be sure to move your operating
  system and program files to the SSD.

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4. Upgrade Your RAM

• RAM holds your PCs working memory. If you have
  too little RAM, your PC will have to constantly
  read and write to the pagefile on its hard drive,
  slowing everything down.
• If you go this route, be sure you buy the
  correct type of RAM for your PC.
• To install the RAM, power off the PC, open it up,
  and snap in the new sticks of RAM. Some laptops
  even allow easy access to their RAM slots so you
  can upgrade their RAM.

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5. Upgrade Your CPU

• CPU upgrades are possible, but Intel regularly
  introduces new socket formats,
• which means new CPUs may not fit in older
  motherboards. Also note that an Intel CPU wont
  work in a motherboard with an AMD CPU socket, and
  vice versa. You may have to upgrade your
  motherboard as well, and at that point, you may
  just want to think about buying or building a new
  computer.
• Your old PC hardware wont last forever. New
  software will
• eventually become more and more demanding, and
  your
• old hardware will one day succumb to entropy and
  physically
• break down. Fortunately, some basic system
  maintenance
• can extend any PCs usable life. Take care of
  your PC and it
• will keep you happy longer.

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