We all want to be able to squeeze some extra juice from our computers and today, this write up will talk about how you can go about increasing computer speed the hassle free way. You do not need to spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars on new parts for your computer. If you are looking to eek out just a little more computing horsepower from under the hood, then there are certain things you can do which are cheap and hassle free.

One is to discover the true potential of your CPU and microchip - the heart of the motherboard in your system. Over clocking has become something of an easy past time for computer aficionados all over the world and with software tools and built in OC devices in computers, the hassle and trouble associated with over clocking a computer has literally disappeared. With some thought to extra cooling, anyone can start to ramp up the speed of their computer cores a little at a time. Once you get the hang of it and understand the complexities of your machine through the easy use of an over clocking software, you will be able to increase the performance of your CPU within moments.

Same goes for your graphics card and this is even easier as they come with stock software programs that can increase the speed ob the memory and core clocks with just a flick of a slider. Just remember that cooling is really important; make sure you purchase some cheap fans or ventilate your CPU. Purchase some memory as well, with memory prices becoming more and more affordable for the average consumer, it is a no brainer to increase RAM by a few gigs at a cost of less than $50 dollars. This is an excellent way to increase the computer speed, by giving it more virtual memory to play around with and keep programs running smoothly. On the software side of things, there are certain things you need to take note of. You need to maintain the performance of your OS and computer by doing certain tasks routinely. First and foremost, clean up your computer often as you can; this means deleting unwanted programs and start up software.

Make sure you defragment your hard disks at least once a month; nothing can slow a computer down to a crawl, especially when loading programs than a fragmented hard disk. It takes only a bit of your time, and if you have particularly large hard disks, all you need to do is load up the already available defragmenting software and leave in running for a few hours. Also, invest some money in a good anti virus and anti spyware program, malware and Trojans can not only slow down your computer, but do more harmful things to the sensitive data on it. One last thing you can do is to download a good registry cleaner - maintaining a healthy registry is one of the crucial aspects of a smooth running computer; Windows uses the registry for almost all of its day to day operations.