One of the best ways to boost your computer performance and speed up your Windows system is to add some RAM (memory) to your computer. Memory is relatively inexpensive and dollar for dollar is the best investment you can make to your computer’s performance.
Upgrading your RAM to boost performance is well known in the computer world. But there is some confusion on how much RAM to put into a computer. The reason for the confusion, there are two variables.
The maximum amount of RAM is determined by two things; maximum memory the computer’s motherboard can accept, and the maximum amount of memory that you operating system can use.
To find out how much memory your computer can use, find the maximum amount of RAM your motherboard can use then find your operating system in the list below. The lower of the two amounts is the maximum amount of memory that your system can use.
The easiest way to find out how much memory you can put into your system is to go to Crucial Technology and use their system scanner. The Crucial scanner will scan you computer for the type of motherboard and OS that you use and will find exactly the amount and type of memory you need. Just click the banner.
Memory maximums for current Microsoft® Windows OSs:
• Windows XP Home: 4GB
• Windows XP Professional: 4GB
• Windows XP 32-bit: 4GB
• Windows XP 64-bit: 128GB
• Windows Vista Home Basic: 4GB
• Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit: 8GB
• Windows Vista Home Premium: 4GB
• Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit: 16GB
• Windows Vista Ultimate: 4GB
• Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit: 128GB+
• Windows Vista 32-bit: 4GB
• Windows Vista 64-bit: 128GB+
OS maximums for some older versions of Microsoft Windows:
• Windows 95: 1GB
• Windows 98: 1GB
• Windows 98SE: 1GB
• Windows ME: 1.5GB
• Windows NT: 4GB
• Windows 2000 Professional: 4GB
