[RESOLVED] Unable to use RAM

[Nightwalker83]

In your previous post you stated-> I might just need to install the 64-bit version of Windows

But in your original post you said you upgraded to Win 64 bit.

Which is it?

Unfortunately no one here can read the specs on the photo you posted.

Sorry, the text in that post was originally post before I upgraded.

Although, in the first line I posted:

They are both GSkill F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL.

That is why we (myself and my dad) were thinking they were 8GB sticks.

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
That is a paired set of 4GB sticks. You have to use both sticks in a 64-bit system (one providing the lower 32-bits, and the other the upper 32-bits), for 8GB total.

I just checked on an old system of mine where I got the RAM from and it is reporting 8GB with 2 sticks of RAM.

I am guessing the sticks of RAM are coloured differently depending on how much RAM each stick is?

Edit:

So, I have 16GB spread over two pc I now need to decided whether or not to to put all four 4GB sticks, in my coding machine and buy a large amount of RAM for my gaming machine or whether 3 sticks (gaming machine) and buy an exta 4GB stick so the coding machine will have 8GB to handle its current 64bit Operating System. I doubt code will ever use 16GB of RAM but on the otherhand who know how much RAM games will use in the further but according to Microsoft Enterprise, Ultimate and Professional can handle upto 192GB of RAM.