how do i make my computer work fast do i need more ram a bigger hard drive or upgrade my processor?

Answer 1

ram is the cheapest and easiest route
http://www.crucial.com to pick what you need
the processor is more expensive but still effective
BEWARE: You should check to see if your motherboard will be compatible with the processor you are selecting.
http://www.motherboard.cz/cpusupport/
The hard drive may make a small impact on system performance or a large one depending on from what to what you are upgrading to. Main aspects of increase of performance is felt from read/write speeds and RPMs increase.
Some HDD info about performance can be found here:
http://faq.storagereview.com/

Answer 2

All the above would help. More RAM is the easiest way to get more speed, but it won't help much without a faster processor. If you can only afford two of the three, I'd go for the RAM and processor first. That will get you more bang for your buck.

Answer 3

Upgrade you RAM, preferably to 512 MB or higher. If you have already this much RAM, then there might be other issues, like trash file accumulation, spyware, too many running programs etc. In that case, you can follow these steps for a faster computer:
Please have the patience to read ALL of these:

1.Download CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ and run it once daily before shutting down your computer. It removes all the trash files that are created while surfing through the net. Use its Issues section once every 2 weeks to delete all the unused registry keys. If you have a lot of Auto Start entries, then you can remove them from its Tools>Startup. But keep the important ones like firewall and the real-time protection shields of your anti-virus and anti-spyware.

2.Keep a decent anti-virus, a strong firewall and two anti-spywares in your computer. Always keep the real time protection shield (or resident shield) of the anti-virus and one of the anti-spyware active. Update them and scan your computer once every week with both the anti-spyware and once every 2 weeks with anti-virus. I have given the links to some free and good anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall; get them all:
AVG: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free
AdAware SE: http://www.download.com/ad-aware-se-pers...
SpyBot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/spy...
Comodo Personal Firewall: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/d...

Never keep two anti-virus or firewall on a single system. If you are already using a good anti-virus or firewall, then you need not download the corresponding one. You can, however, use as many anti-spywares as you want.

3.Keep a virtual memory booster as an auto-start entry. It frees the clogged RAM. I use RAM Booster, which is very effective. Here is the link to download it:
http://www.download.com/rambooster/3000-...
After downloading it, follow the steps:
*. Click on Edit>Options and tick the follow options:
(a) Set auto optimisation on
(b) Show CPU usage
(c) Start minimised
(d) Launch automatically at start up
Also, increase the auto optimisation level and 'Mb of RAM to free at auto level' as per your requirement.

4.Keep at least 35% of your C: free. Transfer all the music, image and video files to other drives.

5.Defragment your hard drives (especially C:) once every month. To defrag, go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Defragment. It takes a lot of time (50 minutes or over) so don’t become impatient. It’s for your computer’s good.

6.Get the free Google Web Accelerator to boost up your Internet speed.
http://webaccelerator.google.com/

7.Keep your Recycle Bin empty.

8.Use minimum possible shortcut icons on your desktop.

9.If you have genuine Windows, keep it updated every month.

10.Trim down the number of games if you have way too many.

11.You will hate this suggestion, but believe me; blank wallpaper helps a faster startup.

If nothing works, you should reformat your computer.

Answer 4

it depend on the ram, memory of hard disk, as well as processor....both...
u dont take one side of that.
look , if i purchased pentinum 2 with larger memory space and larger ram (1024 approx) but it doesnt work fast.
so , it depend on both.
thank u

Answer 5

Any or all of the forementioned will do it.
Tell us more & we will do the same (what do you have now ?).

regards,
Philip T