how do you work out the amount and the speed of ram you can install to work with a particular cpu?

Answer 1

Easiest way is to contact the manufacturer, also, the lmit can depend on other specs of the computers.

If you've bought a PC in the last 2 years or so, and you're running at least a Pentium Celeron, Pentiurm 4, Pentium 5, Pentium Core Duo, Pentium Core 2 Duo processor, you should be able to use at least 2gb.

XP can only use up to 4gb of RAM, and even then only 3gb of which will be displayed within the system specs.

Answer 2

firstly you don' t need the ram to work with the CPU the ram works with the mother bored so this is what you do

firstly got to http://www.crucial.com/uk/

they have an online scanner which will tell you what type of ram your computer takes once you know this then go to

http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/


install this then once installed open it up and click continue testing
then on screen you will see a tab that says tuneup system information click this then click continue


then onscreen you will see text that says .... mainboard

next to this will be the make and model of your motherboard use this to find out info about your mother board on the net as some where there will be a site with your motherboards specs

but try the manufacturers site first once you have the make and model as this is usual a good place to start

Answer 3

Both depend on the CPU and mobo. With many recent mobo with 4 sockets, the amount of RAM is usually around 8GB, more than adequate. The speed of the RAM depends on the CPU, the chipset of the mobo, and how good is the cooling system. Usually though, it is safer to fit faster chip than what your CPU can handle, i.e. slight under-clocking. Over-clocking the CPU produces more stable results than over-clocking RAM.

Answer 4

The amount of ram and the speed of the ram is dependant on what your mother board can support

Answer 5

The motherboard BIOS actually sets the limits including what processors are supported. Enthusiast motherboards usually have the widest range of RAM and processors supported. On the other hand, proprietary motherboards tend to have a narrower range. Better check the specs of the motherboard through the website of the manufacturer.

Answer 6

You need to also take into account what the mother board can handle. Then you google the mother board and cpu makes to get an idea what each can handle and take the lower of the two.

Answer 7

you have have been given some historic past courses working which you do not even recognize, Press and carry Ctrl + Alt + Del - Then open job supervisor , click the Proccesses tab on the job supervisor, And suitable click and close the courses you do not want working.

Answer 8

Use Belarc Advisor it will tell you everything inside your computer,then you can go to your motherboards site and find it's specs.
Download it free from here...............

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html