subject: How To Test Your Computer Ram Memory! [print this page] Testing your computers RAM memory lets you know the space precisely available in your Computers memory and if there is a need for a RAM memory upgrade at all. It is essential to keep testing the your computers memory on a regular basis if you install new applications regularly, download and save content, basically, keep increasing the tasks required to be performed by your computer.
Below are step by step instructions on how to test your Computer RAM memory:
For Windows Operating System
Start your computer and let the windows load.
Right click on My computers and chose Properties. This will open System properties.
Now click on the General tab. This is where you can view the total physical memory i.e. RAM installed in your computer. Random Access Memory (RAM) is measured in MB and GB in multiples of 2, like 32 MB, 64 MB etc. in earlier versions of computers. Newer versions of computers are included with 256 MB, 512 MB or 2GB etc. of RAM.
To know the amount of RAM that is being used in your computer, you need to open the task bar or open a pop-up window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del. Click on Task Manager and the Performance tab, here you can check the memory that is being used by different programs currently running on your computer.
For Macintosh Operating System X
Switch on your PC and wait till the OS X loads.
From the menu positioned on the topmost left corner of the screen select About this mac option.
Click the Utilities folder and open Activity monitor.
When you click the System Memory button placed at the bottom of the screen window, youll come to know about the amount of RAM installed in your PC and the current usage of it too.
RAM testing is not very usual in PCs having Macintosh OS X since the system is fairly safe with this OS being installed in it.
Do I need to upgrade RAM memory of my PC?
If you have the money then you probably should! But before you pull out your cash, you need to consider a few things.
First of all you need to answer some questions such as Can my computer take that much RAM? And is the type of RAM that I can buy after spending a fortune correct for my PC? To answer these questions there are a lot of free softwares available on the internet, one of them is program named Crucial system scanner that can examine our computers hardware and can tell you about the amount of RAM you have, can have and the type of Ram right for your PC.
Secondly, Increasing the RAM might not make a big difference. If your computer already has a reasonable amount of RAM then adding more of it would not make much of a difference in the speed. As per tests, the speed increased by only 3 % when RAM was increased from 4GB to 8GB.
Note: If your PC is giving slow performance then you can think of a RAM memory upgrade.
