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Will more RAM speed up my computer if I already have some free at all times?

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Mar 15, 2026272 views

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Oftentimes when I'm running a virtual machine, my computer feels as slow as molasses. I'd like to speed it up by adding more RAM but even when my VM is running, I seem to always have half a gigabyte or more of RAM free, so I wonder whether adding more RAM would change anything. Is there any reason …

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If you are using Windows, have you turned off virtual memory? If you still have more memory after doing that, I don't think buying more memory will speed up your computer noticeably.

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