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In theory, quicker RAM should be compatible with slower RAM of the same type – it will drop down its speed to match.

You may be tempted to add RAM which is a quicker speed than your current memory e.g.

However, unless you have applications that require (or can use) such huge amounts of RAM, most computers will not gain much (if any) speed improvement from upgrading beyond 4GB.

64bit versions of Windows can access/use more – up to 8GB on Basic versions and up to 16GB on Home Premium versions.

32bit versions of Windows can only access/use a maximum of up to 3.5GB of RAM – so upgrading to 4GB and beyond is pointless.

In this example, the motherboard is a P5N-MX made by ASUS – a quick Google search led to the detailed specs on ASUS website which showed that it supports a maximum of 4GB.

Alternatively, Speccy displays the motherboard make/model on the Motherboard tab:.

For laptops and big-brand PCs, the manufacturer’s website should reveal this information.

Laptops and netbooks usually have 2 RAM slots but sometimes only 1 – or the second is very hard to access without substantial disassembly…īefore upgrading or adding RAM, always check that the motherboard is compatible – both with the new module RAM size and the total amount of RAM:.

PCs usually have at least 2 RAM slots – some may have 3 or 4+.

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Maximum memory supported by the motherboardīefore adding RAM, double check inside the computer first to ensure there is a slot free to take the new RAM – and that it is easily accessible:.

Memory type (this is the specification – PC2-5300 DDR2 in our example above).

The scan results open in your web browser and should reveal the following:

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Visit the Crucial Scanner website, tick the box to agree to the T&Cs then Download the Scanner – save it to desktop then run it. Scanner Tool – Alternatively, the Crucial System Scanner can automatically analyze your computer and suggest a compatible RAM upgrade. In this case there are only 2 RAM slots and both are already used so we would probably look for 2 x 2GB sticks of PC2-5300 DDR2 RAM to replace the current memory and provide a new total of 4GB.Ģ. The ‘Max Bandwidth’ category is the specification of the RAM – in this case it is PC2-5300.Īrmed with this information we now know everything we need to buy more RAM. The type is DDR2 and the size of each stick is 1024MB which is 1GB – i.e. The ‘SPD’ section shows that there are 2 modules (sticks) of RAM – 1 per slot. Run Speccy and select the RAM tab as shown below: Speccy RAM info

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See our separate review of Speccy for more details and how to download. Speccy – Speccy is a free system information tool from Piriform – the company behind Ccleaner (which we have recommended before as the best way to delete temporary files from a computer).

If you do need to add more RAM (or replace existing RAM modules with larger capacities), how can you find out which type of RAM you need to buy?Here are 2 simple ways to find out which type of RAM you need to buy.ġ.

The article gave a general guide to RAM requirements and showed how to find out if a computer would benefit from more RAM. I’ve reviewed before whether adding more RAM (memory) can make a computer run faster.

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