How to Add RAM to Older Computers Double Data Rate 4 (DDR4) is the current standard for memory sticks, with a base speed of 2133 MHz, and this has been the case since around 2015.

On laptops without soldered RAM, upgrading the memory is as simple as swapping out the RAM stick in its slot, an upgrade that can boost your laptop's speed.

Running out of memory can cause performance issues. Here's how to see how much memory is in your PC, and how fast it is.

You can check the memory on a Mac computer in its Activity Monitor by reading a memory pressure graph. Here's how to do it.

Your computer wouldn’t be very useful without RAM, which is short for random access memory. These chips function as the temporary storage for an operating system, and speed is of great ...