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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy
For a transformational speed increase, add a SSD. I doubled my ram a few years ago and it helped demanding software run smoothly but didn't increase speed much. I added a SSD and WOW!
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One of the things I like about Linux is how it caches files in RAM. Cold boot the computer, start Chrome or Firefox and it takes it a bit to read off disk (slow SATA drives). Close it, wait a few minutes, open it again and it opens instantly. Linux will keep executable data in RAM until the RAM is needed by an active process.