which os to use

[carputer93]

I have acer aspire r1600 it currently has 150gb HD running windows 7 pro 32bit. I upgraded the ram to 4gb It was at 1gb . my question is would it be better to upgrade the OS to windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. on my system settings it says only 3gb is usable . I found out its cuz I'm using a 32bit OS . will the OS upgrade make any difference

 

[AddRAM]

There will be no difference if you installed Ultimate, you will gain nothing.

With 4 GB of memory 32 bit is fine.

 

[carputer93]

So your saying I still can't use the other gb at all I don't care too much for Windows 8 or 10

 

[joedaman633]

I agree that 4GB is borderline anyway. Although 32 bit won't read all the available memory, it's not worth spending the extra money to buy a 64 bit version of an OS just to use that much more RAM.

 

[carputer93]

i have the OS from a another computer I don't use . windows site states my bios could be outdated or that is the most ram the computer can support for my setup

 

[AddRAM]

Using Ultimate has nothing to do with that, Ultimate is no different then Pro when it comes to memory.

Your memory is fine, don`t worry about it.

If you ever install more then 4 GB, then you might install 64 Bit Professional, you already have the key for it.

No need to buy Ultimate.

 

[AddRAM]

So your saying I still can't use the other gb at all I don't care too much for Windows 8 or 10

Your pc is using the other 1 GB, for graphics.

Open up Resource Monitor and you`ll see.

 

[carputer93]

ok thanks thus us where I got my info from
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/978610

 

[carputer93]

as stated above I already have ultimate from a old computer so getting the software isn't a problem . from what I think idk if I can stick more than 4gb of ram in that small computer it only has two slots for ram and if it can take more than 4 gb of ram idk I could be wrong

 

[AddRAM]

You`d have to find the specs for the PC and see how much the motherboard supports, I googled the model you posted and it bought up articles about the Chevrolet

There is no reason to install 64 bit unless you can put 8 GB in the PC.

 

[carputer93]

acer aspire r1600 is what I have. I Googled it before that's why I recently upgraded it to 4gb of ram . just was wondering if a better OS would make it run better .

 

[AddRAM]

A better OS ?

Ultimate is no better then Pro.

To make it run better. You could do 3 things. Don`t count #3 if it`s a laptop.

Max out the memory
Install windows on a ssd
Upgrade the cpu


It`s slow because you have a 1.6 GHz cpu, and your hard drive only spins at 5400 RPM

 

[carputer93]

ok thanks

 

[joedaman633]

Open the start menu, right click "Computer", and click "Properties"

Can you screenshot the window that pops up, or more specifically, the section which says "Installed memory (RAM): "

If your graphics chip is "borrowing" 1GB of RAM then it's not worth upgrading to 64 bit, if your graphics chip is only borrowing something like 256MB of RAM then you'll see perhaps a marginal benefit in upgrading to 64 bit.

Either way though, if the machine only came with 1GB of RAM, I can't imagine the spec of the rest of the machine would see much benefit in utilising an extra (at best) 512MB RAM.

EDIT: Just saw the last few responses and would have to agree with "AddRAM" (I love the name by the way).

 

[AddRAM]

Thank You