Solved How much memory do i have

[sam49]

My system is Windows 7 64 bit professional
How can I tell how much memory I have installed on my computer, I know I can click on the start orb then right click on computer then click on property it then shows me the memory installed.
My problem is I was wanting to install extra memory so I run a scan from crucial and that says a different amount to what my computer says.
So is there a way I can tell for certain
Regards to you all

 

[Britton30]

Press the Windows logo key rb:and the Pause Break key at the same time, system properties will show you your installed and usable memory. Your computer will be the correct one but it may have some RAM hardware reserved.

 

[sam49]

Hi britton30
Thanks for the info

I have followed your tip and i can see the memory installed in my computer as Installed moemory (Ram)

But i can see the total memory but not the suable memory

 

[Layback Bear]

Using Windows Resource Monitor.


A little free program.
Download Speccy Free

 

[Britton30]

Post a snip of your sysprops window.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html#post93869

If you press ALT+PRNTSCRN it will capture only the active window and not the entire desktop if you use the Paint method.

 

[sam49]

Hi is this what you are wanting to look at

 

[bru]

Seems like 12GB to me. Which should be more than you'll ever need. Win7 only needs 4GB, which is what I have.

 

[Layback Bear]

Sam, ram looks good to me.

 

[Sardonicus]

Hi is this what you are wanting to look at

You have 12GB with over 9GB available.
Unless your programs can benefit from that much RAM, save your money.
I recently bought 4GB to give me a total of 12GB. It did nothing to increase my performance. I returned the RAM, a few days later. I'm now satisfied with the 8GB, I have.

 

[sam49]

Hi guys thanks for all the advice
I feel I should explain a little, I originally had 6GB of memory in my computer but a couple of programs used all the memory in my system whilst running one of them was Acronis True Image 2012 and another was a video editing program
The reason I say all the memory was used is because I have the CPU and Memory gadget on my desktop.
I ran Memtest 86 and that said the memory was all good but I still used all of it, so I decided to put another 2 GB in so I ran the online scanner from Crucial and it correctly identified my memory IE: 6 GB in 3 slots with 3 slots empty on a Asus P6T SE motherboard.
As Crucial gave me a selection of memory chips that would work with my Motherboard I rang them and said I wanted the new memory to be compatible with the memory already in my system and then said I might be better as my motherboard supported triple gate (I think that’s what he said) I would be better fitting a matched set of another 3 sticks of 2Gb each.
So when this memory came and I fitted it and ran the crucial scanner again it said I had only got 8Gb in two slots and my computer said I had 10GB in 6 Slots.
I removed all the memory and started again and now my computer says there is 12GB so I was a little concerned that the new memory was not working to good with my old memory.
So my choice is say with the 12GB or go back to my original 6GB, by the way Acronis True Image does not now use all the memory just about 33% I think it was

Thanks again guys for all the advice

 

[Britton30]

It's true the old and new RAM may not "like" each other. A matched set is always best although it can work unmatched but not optimally. Put all of your RAM in and run memtest again for 7 passes to se it it is error free. with 12GB it can take 6-8 hours.

Acronis should not use all of your memory.

 

[Layback Bear]

Rules of the road.
1. Matched ram is always recommended.
2. Install ram as per the motherboard manual.
3. Not enough ram slows things down.
4. Extra ram doesn't hurt anything except your bank account.
5. You bank account will get over it.
6. Take a look at Resource Monitor every now and then to make sure things are still good.

 

[sam49]

Rules of the road.
1. Matched ram is always recommended.
2. Install ram as per the motherboard manual.
3. Not enough ram slows things down.
4. Extra ram doesn't hurt anything except your bank account.
5. You bank account will get over it.
6. Take a look at Resource Monitor every now and then to make sure things are still good.

Ive had a look at the Resource Monitor and it all looks good

Thanks Guys for the advice

 

[Britton30]

Glad to be of assistance.