How to check installed RAM memory and to check how much RAM memory is consumed

Question

Original Title: RAM used

Is there a way I can check not just the RAM installed but used the balance of memory used please what are the steps on the computer?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi,

As I understand that you want to know how to check how much RAM is installed on your computer as well as how to want to check how much RAM memory is consumed by the computer. I will surely help you with the information.

To check the installed RAM memory, I suggest you to follow the steps:

• Click on Start.
• Right click on Computer and select Properties.
• In System Properties window, under section System, see Installed Memory (RAM) to know the memory installed on your computer.

To check the memory consumed by individual program you can check by following the steps provided below:

1. Open Task Manager.
2. Under performance tab, click on Resource Monitor.
3. Under Resource Monitor you should be able to see the memory consumed by each program.   

To check memory utilization, see at the very bottom of Task manager in the Status bar where it says Physical Memory: xx%

Hope the above information helps. Please keep us updated with the status of the issue to assist you further.

Answer 2

Hello, I was hoping to find out how much ram in total my PC could hold.   I know for sure that my PC came with two memory slots with 4 GB in each for 8 GB's total.  I already replaced each 4GB chip with an 8 GB chip.  Therefore I have been running 16GB for a while.  I was hoping that since this is a I7 inter quad core it might be able to handle 32GB or so.   Anyway, if you could explain how to find that out it would be great.

Thanks a lot.

I presume that you are running 64 bit Windows as your machine came with 8G of memory.

For those running 32 bit Windows there is no point in installing more than 4G of memory as 32 bit Windows cannot use more.