You could now make the decision to buy two additional modules to put them in the two unoccupied slots of the motherboard, buy a 2x2 Gigabyte set instead and replace the existing modules or go overboard and buy 4x2 GB modules instead. There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your motherboard. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity and hit enter.

On the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator. It can be achieved by using command prompt. Lets say you have four slots of memory available, and the first two are occupied by two 1GB RAM modules. The easiest way to check is on your computer itself. You find those information under Memory > Channels. Those are all the information that you need to shop for additional RAM modules.ĭepending on your motherboard you either need dual channel memory or triple channel memory. 2048 MBytes), the Max Bandwidth (PC3-10700H) and the manufacturer.

Here you find extensive information about each motherboard slot and RAM module. It is available as a portable version at the developer website. A tool for that is the free software CPU-Z. But that tells you how much RAM is installed, but not the speed and specifications of the memory.

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