Why build a new PC when, with a few easy upgrades, you can transform your old PC into one that feels like new (or at least newer!)?

PC upgrades aren’t all about boosting the power of your PC, some are about allowing you to get more done in less time, allowing you get your work (or play) done quicker and easier. While it’s true that many upgrades do increase the overall performance of your PC, others are designed to make your existing PC easier to use.

#1 Ram

Adding additional RAM is, without a doubt, one of the best performance-related upgrades that you can carry out on your PC. It is also one of the simplest upgrades that you can undertake.

If you’re running a 32-bit OS then you will see increased benefits to adding RAM until you get to around the 3GB region. With a 64-bit OS, I would consider 4GB to be a starting point, and if you use your PC for demanding tasks (such as photo or video editing) then think about going up to 8GB (if your motherboard allows this).

#2 - Storage capacity

If you are the kind of person who makes use of a digital camera or digital video camera, or you record TV/rip DVDs to hard disk, then you just can’t have enough storage space.

Most PCs sold today come with only one drive fitted, so when fitting the drive you can either fit it as a secondary drive or you can replace the current primary drive with the new one.

#3 - Video card upgrade

If you are a gamer and you want your system to be able to keep up with the demands placed on it by the most modern games then you probably need to be looking upgrading your video card.

Let’s start at the bottom end of the spectrum. If you are a casual gamer and you’ve so far been relying on an on-board graphics card (that is, one integrated onto your motherboard) and you want to see better graphics in your games then upgrading to pretty much any discrete graphics card will outperform what you already have (on-board graphics are notoriously bad for gaming).

SCS is dedicated to helping you enter the next step in bringing your computer up to todays standards.