I wish I understood what that means and what kind of RAM I should buy. I don't really know what fits into those slots and what doesn't. What's the easiest way to determine what kind of RAM my computer can use? The only thing I know how to do is insert the sticks, but I'm assuming there are all different types that may not fit. I will literally place an order tonight for new RAM if it would correct the issue but I don't know what to look for. Sorry to bother you with this, but you've given me hope and this is my first real crack at correcting this because I can afford RAM! lol
Ok, so I would need to know what you currently have in there. I think you are DDR3- 1600mhz - 2 x 4Gb would get you to 16GB. However, unless you want to buy entirely new RAM your existing Brand and type (speed in MHZ) would be needed.
Or you can have Crucial scan your system and tell you the best ram for you.
https://www.crucial.com/store/systemscannerI'm not sure what's currently in there since I can't crack it open right now, but the crucial site was coming up with an error when I ran the program.
Looking on the crucial site manually after finding out my motherboard information, it says that I have the following (some of which I was able to verify after stumbling across a manual for my motherboard online):
240-pin DDR3 DIMM Banking:
4 (2 banks of 2)
Max Unbuffered DDR3 SDRAM:
16GB
My speed seems to be 1333MHz as indicated by the Performance tab in Task Manager, but I'm not sure if that's just reading the current situation or if it just interprets the maximum.
Since it says that I can have 16GB max, that's what I'd like to do. So should I just shop based on that information and look for 2 8 sticks, or should I get 1 16 stick? Or is this a 4 4 situation?
Thank you for all of this help by the way. I'm so close to solving this issue that's being plaguing me and I'm really grateful.