How to Defragment RAM for Maximum Performance and Speed

RAM, also knows an Random access memory in a volatile memory of your computer which is used by the operating system and various applications to work and store temporary files and data. The more memory your RAM can hold, more is the performance of your system and your computer will respond more faster.

This is because, a computer having a large amount of RAM memory can assign resources to multiple programs and tasks at hand and there is no wait, check, execute phenomenon involved.

RAMs are available in different formats – DDR, DDR2 and the latest one is DDR3, but if you want to increase the performance of your RAM without upgrading to the latest DDR3 version or buying new hardware, here is something useful.

Why Defragment RAM?

Did you know that you can defragment your RAM for better performance and speed ? Yes, apart from defragmenting your hard drive, your RAM can also be defragmented for a slight performance gain. All you need is a free program called RAM Def 2.71 XTreme and run it occasionally to boost your RAM speed.

Defragmenting a RAM has certain advantages. First, the structure and organization of your RAM slots is reassigned which leads to better performance. Second, wasted RAM space is freed up and reallocated which results in more memory available to the CPU. This results in more memory available to various applications which again improves performance.

Defragment RAM for Better Speed and Performance

1. First download and install the RAM Def 2.71 XTreme application in Windows.

2. Customize the different settings of the utility and click on “Start” to defragment your RAM.

This utility can help your old computer make faster, especially if you have 256 MB RAM on Windows XP and a processor which is 5-6 years old. I tested the utility on Windows Xp, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and there was a considerable increase in the available memory after Defragmentation.

More tips on defragmentation:
1. How to defragment all hard drives at once
2. How to defragment Windows registry to make computer faster