The economy is going through a difficult period at the moment, so it goes without saying that many of us lack the confidence needed to spend large amounts of money on products that we perceive as anything less than essential. In such a climate of perilous unemployment figures and high living costs, upgrading a PC can fall to the bottom of the must do list. However, it is essential to keep in mind that PC memory upgrades offer many valuable benefits especially when systems are slowing down and showing their age. It's also much cheaper to upgrade than buy new. So, what are the most affordable ways to give your PC a timely performance boost? More memory and a bigger faster hard drive.

The benefits of investing in memory and hard drive upgrades

There are many things that you can do to boost your PC's performance, from downloading the weekly released Windows updates to undertaking an operating system reload. Undoubtedly one of the easiest improvements that you can make to your system is an upgrade to its internal memory, or RAM.

Amidst all the fuss about novel new tablet devices such as the iPad 2, it's easy to forget that an upgrade to your PC memory actually makes much more financial sense. An upgrade has a domino effect throughout your system, and given that a memory upgrade can be achieved from as little as $20, it offers immensely good value for your money compared to the hundreds of dollars required for a new tablet device.

With a computer memory upgrade, you can soon gain access to some very noticeable improvements. These include slicker Internet browsing thanks to pages that load quickly, as well as improved video editing, a better gaming experience and faster execution of applications - to name just a few advantages. A PC memory upgrade is not only very affordable, but it is also easy to install, taking just a few minutes and not jeopardizing any of your data, which is great news if you're not exactly a technical type.

Another great way of affordably and effectively increasing your PC's performance is by investing in an external hard drive. An external hard drive effectively acts as an additional "parking lot" for your files, being plugged into your existing system and instantly freeing up space on your main hard drive so that your PC has access to a greater amount of memory and can perform better as a result. An external hard drive is mobile, too, so you can take it offsite as a backup for your main system and store saved data, music, photos and videos - or for that matter, whatever type of file you wish to store on such a drive - away from the main system.

To browse the wide range of memory upgrades and hard drives available for your machine, visit http://www.DataMemorySystems.com or call 800 662 7466.

About Data Memory Systems: The Data Memory Systems' team wants to provide the best possible quality PC memory and Apple memory at the lowest prices. They offer great service and value for your money. Whether you have a Dell, HP, Sony, IBM or Apple Mac system, they have the compatible memory for your device.