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feature. If your software doesn’t, or if you’ve
got an older graphics card, our guide to
overclocking your graphics card (go.
pcworld.com/ovmn) manually can help.

6. INSTALL AN SSD
   If your computer’s still feeling crippled after
   all the software tricks, you have a couple of
   different options: Change out some
   hardware, or completely alter how you use
   your PC. Let’s dig into the former first.
   When it comes to pure performance,
   upgrading from a traditional hard drive to a
   solid-state drive is like trading in your
   Volkswagon Beetle for a Ferrari. Seriously:
   Upgrading to an SSD will utterly blow you
   away, supercharging everything from boot
   times to application launches to file transfers.

This is the single most noticeable PC

upgrade most people can make. An SSD can

make even a clunky old laptop feel

comparatively snappy, and you can find all

sorts of drives going for around 10 cents per

gig these days, so you can get a 500GB

drive for roughly $50 to $60 if you shop

around.

Pretty much any SSD will smoke even the

fastest hard drives, but our roundup of the

best SSDs (go.pcworld.com/ssdg) can guide

you towards the best options. We have a

guide to installing an SSD in your laptop (go.

pcworld.com/rpsd), too.

7. ADD MORE RAM
   Windows 10 has an impressively small
   footprint, but if you’re running a computer

6.