How to Find Information About RAM on a PC

Understanding what RAM is and where to find the amount of RAM your PC has is an important step to being a competent computer user. If you aren't sure how much RAM you have and what it's used for, you run the risk of overworking your computer and even losing data from time to time.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Start up your computer and then open My Computer.
2. Right click in any open space of the My Computer menu and then select Properties from the drop-down menu.
3. Locate the General tab and find the general information about your PC. In this area you'll find your hard drive capacity, operating system and/or its version as well as your PCs RAM.
4. Click Start, then Run and type "dxdiag" in the run field. This will provide a lot of information about your PC including the RAM. Doing this is a little quicker and more informative than the steps above, but you may have to decipher some things you're unfamiliar with to find the RAM information.
5. Consider upgrading your RAM. Most new computers have 512 megabytes of RAM up to 2 gigabytes. If you have an older PC, you probably only have up 128 megabytes of RAM. If you view video content online, 128 megabytes isn't enough and you should consider upgrading your RAM. Failure to do so will likely make your PC run slowly and could also cost you some data.

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