8Gb ram 5.96 usable

[Chris Page]

Hey everyone!, i currently bought a 4 gb stick of ram too go with my 2 2gb sticks of ram, so shouldnt it show up as 8gb of ram? Instead it shows up as 8gb (5.96 usable) Is this normal?

 

[i7Baby]

Yes - that's normal

 

[Chris Page]

okay cool! will this effect me in games that require 8gbs of ram at all?

 

[Chris Page]

im just curious of why it shows up like that

 

[i7Baby]

The 8gb ram they require will allow for allocated ram.

In your case, about 2gb is allocated eg integrated graphics, windows background processes etc (See Task Manager, Performance for details).

In my case, about 5gb (out of 16gb total) is allocated.

 

[Vic 40]

H Instead it shows up as 8gb (5.96 usable)

Where does it say this?

 

[Chris Page]

it says that under the system menu in control panel

 

[Vic 40]

I don't think that's right.Tried each module on it's own? Maybe test each one sperately with memtest 86+...
Tried to reseat them? Or swap places?

 

[Chris Page]

i tried testing them all individually and they all work fine. Somone else said i had to change a bios setting but i couldnt find anything. Is it cause i mixed ram sizes?

 

[Vic 40]

Maybe,could be. Can you in the bios adjust the dram voltage to 1.55V? See if this will help.
The 2x2 and the 1x4 are in seperate channels? Giving dualchannel ...

What are the specs of the ram? Or partnrs.

Mixing ram can give problems and in the end it might not want to play together so keep that in mind.

 

[Chris Page]

the 4gb stick i bought from amazon heres the link to that http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YG89Q6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
the 2x2 gb sticks i got from my old pc http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-AM3470G-UW10P-Quad-Core-A6-3620/dp/B008B1CRL0 and stuck them in this pc which is completly custom. oh and the 2x2 sticks are running in dual mode.

 

[Vic 40]

Can you look with cpu-z->spd tab for each different module (2gb/4gb) what the specs are? Post them here or screen shot.

 

[Chris Page]

here you go man
http://i.imgur.com/p3opeiU.png

 

[Vic 40]

I should have asked this before,but which motherboard and cpu?

Can you also post a picture of the memory tab?

If you're able to set the bios settings for the ram manually at 1333mhz (or 666->=x2) and timings at 9-9-9-27,see what that does.

You could try the 2x2gb sticks in slots 3+4.I think this will probably give proper dualchannel.Means 4gb in each channel.

 

[Chris Page]

Putting them in 3 and 4 fixed it for me thanks!

 

[Vic 40]

Good to hear!

You're welcome.😀