Possible Upgrade Suggestions Needed - On a Budget

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I'm looking at upgrading a few components in my wife's computer, and my computer - a little extra money at Christmas time is always nice, but not enough to build a new PC. Unfortunately, it's been a long time since I've bought my own components, in the last few years I've just purchased a PC already put together by a local shop.

Suggestions on possible "upgrades-on-the-cheap", with specifics would be awesome.

Firstly; My wife's computer is badly starved for RAM (I think), but I think it's good for everything else she (or my kids) throws at it. She mainly plays Facebook games, the kids play Minecraft and Roblox mainly. Below is a CPU-Z report for her computer:

CPU-Z

Binaries
CPU-Z version 1.78.1.x64

Processors
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1

Timers
ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 14.318 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name AMD A6-5400K
Codename Trinity
Specification AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Package Socket FM2 (904)
CPUID F.0.1
Extended CPUID 15.10
Core Stepping TN-A1
Technology 32 nm
TDP Limit 65.2 Watts
Core Speed 1397.2 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 14.0 x 99.8 MHz
Stock frequency 3600 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
L1 Data cache 2 x 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 8000001Eh
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 16 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 64 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 1 MB, 2 thread(s)
FID/VID Control yes
Min FID 7.0x
# of P-States 8
P-State FID 0x16 - VID 0x10 - IDD 23 (19.00x - 1.450 V)
P-State FID 0x15 - VID 0x12 - IDD 20 (18.50x - 1.438 V)
P-State FID 0x14 - VID 0x1C - IDD 18 (18.00x - 1.375 V)
P-State FID 0x10 - VID 0x2C - IDD 14 (16.00x - 1.275 V)
P-State FID 0xC - VID 0x3A - IDD 11 (14.00x - 1.188 V)
P-State FID 0x8 - VID 0x46 - IDD 9 (12.00x - 1.112 V)
P-State FID 0x3 - VID 0x56 - IDD 6 (9.50x - 1.012 V)
P-State FID 0x10C - VID 0x5E - IDD 5 (7.00x - 0.962 V)

PStateReg 0x800001E4-0x00002016
PStateReg 0x800001CB-0x00002415
PStateReg 0x800001B4-0x00003814
PStateReg 0x8000018E-0x00005810
PStateReg 0x8000016F-0x0000740C
PStateReg 0x80000158-0x00008C08
PStateReg 0x8000013D-0x0000AC03
PStateReg 0x8000012D-0x0040BC4C

Package Type 0x2
Model 00
String 1 0x0
String 2 0x0
Page 0x0
Base TDP 0 Watts
Boosted P-States 2
Max non-turbo ratio 36.00x
Max turbo ratio 38.00x
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 0000000C 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 00000000 00000000 00000800 0074003A
170 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 80000003 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000002
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001
110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000027 00000000 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000103 00000000 0C4CA424 0CE00F31
120 009F3FEC 00000000 00000000 00000000
130 F6FFFFDB FEEFE7FF B26FFF59 F7F47AAF
140 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000049
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 00000000 00F8FFA0 00000000 00000000
170 00000000 00000000 00020000 18640028
180 00000070 00800005 36000000 00020000
190 03010000 9F49088E 8D0F812F 000000A1
1A0 031D0300 00000000 80320000 00000000
1B0 0FC39001 4C0F7D05 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00A11555 00000077 0000052A 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 C00A0FFF 00000000 C00A0FFF 00000000
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000004
180 017003E0 00000000 08000010 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 04000000 00000000
1A0 000341C2 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000100
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 80001385 00000000 00000000
1F0 00080000 00000000 00000000 050E074F

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 4
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 007B0036
110 000C2002 00000000 1907190B 00000000
120 00000000 00400000 801C0280 00000000
130 00000007 00000000 00000000 00000001
140 0E49A9F3 00022109 219AED7A 0003C59A
150 47470847 36363636 0000007B 00000089
160 00610F21 00000000 00000000 00000236
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 000000C5 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 0BC82016 0B962415 0B683814 0B1C5810
1F0 0ADE740C 0AB08C08 0A7AAC03 0A5BBC4C

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 5
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000001 00000000 0060DF38 4000002E
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 01120027 01320017
160 2700F819 27010017 20010815 8C457099
170 0000020B 0002C062 00060C04 AE000000
180 00000000 00000000 0000002D 00000000
190 00000000 0000000B 00202020 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000


Temperature 0 74 degC (165 degF) (Package)
Voltage 0 1.44 Volts (Cores)
Voltage 1 1.16 Volts (Uncore)
Power 0 26.21 W (Cores)
Power 1 4.65 W (Uncore)
Power 2 30.86 W (Package)
Clock Speed 0 1397.17 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 1397.17 MHz (Core #1)



Chipset
Northbridge AMD K15 IMC rev. 00
Southbridge AMD A55 FCH rev. 2.4
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x0
PCI-E Max Link Width x0
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 4 GBytes
Channels Single
Memory Frequency 665.3 MHz (3:20)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 10
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 33
Uncore Frequency 1497.0 MHz

Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x53
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) A-Data Technology (7F7F7F7FCB0000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number
Serial number 00000108
Manufacturing date Week 02/Year 13
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-14-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #5 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 666 MHz


Monitoring
Mainboard Model F2A55M-DS2 (0x00000266 - 0x14011030)

LPCIO
LPCIO Vendor ITE
LPCIO Model IT8728
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90
LPCIO Chip ID 0x8728
LPCIO Revision ID 0x1

Hardware Monitors
Hardware monitor ITE IT8728
Voltage 0 1.22 Volts [0x66] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 1.50 Volts [0x7D] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 2.00 Volts [0xA7] (+3.3V)
Voltage 3 3.41 Volts [0xA9] (+5V)
Voltage 4 8.21 Volts [0xAB] (+12V)
Voltage 5 -8.93 Volts [0xBA] (-12V)
Voltage 6 -8.93 Volts [0xBA] (-5V)
Voltage 7 2.82 Volts [0x8C] (+5V VCCH)
Voltage 8 1.66 Volts [0x8A] (VBAT)
Temperature 0 33 degC (91 degF) [0x21] (TMPIN0)
Temperature 1 -7 degC (17 degF) [0xF8] (TMPIN1)
Temperature 2 40 degC (104 degF) [0x28] (TMPIN2)
Fan 0 2090 RPM [0x143] (FANIN0)
Fan 1 863 RPM [0x30E] (FANIN1)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0)
Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1)
Fan PWM 2 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2)

Hardware monitor AMD ADL
Voltage 0 0.99 Volts [0x3DB] (VIN0)
Temperature 0 9 degC (48 degF) [0x9] (TMPIN0)
Clock Speed 0 304.00 MHz [0x130] (Graphics)
Clock Speed 1 667.00 MHz [0x130] (Memory)


PCI Devices
Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1410
Revision ID 0x00

Description System Device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1419
Revision ID 0x00

Description VGA Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 1 (0x01), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x9991
Revision ID 0x00

Description Multimedia device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 1 (0x01), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x9902
Revision ID 0x00

Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 4 (0x04), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1414
Revision ID 0x00

Description IDE Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 17 (0x11), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7800
Revision ID 0x40

Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 18 (0x12), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7807
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 18 (0x12), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7808
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7807
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7808
Revision ID 0x11

Description SMBus Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780B
Revision ID 0x14

Description IDE Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780C
Revision ID 0x00

Description Multimedia device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780D
Revision ID 0x01

Description PCI to ISA Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780E
Revision ID 0x11

Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780F
Revision ID 0x40

Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 5 (0x05)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7809
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 22 (0x16), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7807
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 22 (0x16), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7808
Revision ID 0x11

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1400
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1401
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1402
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1403
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1404
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 5 (0x05)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1405
Revision ID 0x00

Description Ethernet Controller
Location bus 1 (0x01), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10EC
Model ID 0x8168
Revision ID 0x06


DMI
DMI BIOS
vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version F3
date 09/28/2012
ROM size 4096 KB

DMI System Information
manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
product To be filled by O.E.M.
version To be filled by O.E.M.
serial To be filled by O.E.M.
UUID {03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009}
SKU To be filled by O.E.M.
family To be filled by O.E.M.

DMI Baseboard
vendor Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
model F2A55M-DS2
revision To be filled by O.E.M.
serial To be filled by O.E.M.

DMI System Enclosure
manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
chassis type Desktop
chassis serial To Be Filled By O.E.M.

DMI Port Connector
designation J1A1 (internal)
designation PS2Mouse (external)
port type Mouse Port
connector PS/2

DMI Port Connector
designation J1A1 (internal)
designation Keyboard (external)
port type Keyboard Port
connector PS/2

DMI Port Connector
designation J2A1 (internal)
designation TV Out (external)
connector Mini Centronics Type-14

DMI Port Connector
designation J2A2A (internal)
designation COM A (external)
port type Serial Port 16550A
connector DB-9 male

DMI Port Connector
designation J2A2B (internal)
designation Video (external)
port type Video Port
connector DB-15 female

DMI Port Connector
designation J3A1 (internal)
designation USB1 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3A1 (internal)
designation USB2 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3A1 (internal)
designation USB3 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9A1 - TPM HDR (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9C1 - PCIE DOCKING CONN (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J2B3 - CPU FAN (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J6C2 - EXT HDMI (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3C1 - GMCH FAN (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J1D1 - ITP (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9E2 - MDC INTPSR (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9E4 - MDC INTPSR (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9E3 - LPC HOT DOCKING (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9E1 - SCAN MATRIX (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J9G1 - LPC SIDE BAND (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J8F1 - UNIFIED (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J6F1 - LVDS (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J2F1 - LAI FAN (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J2G1 - GFX VID (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation J1G6 - AC JACK (internal)

DMI Extension Slot
designation J6B2
type A5
populated yes

DMI Extension Slot
designation J6B1
type A5
populated yes

DMI Extension Slot
designation J6D1
type A5
populated yes

DMI Extension Slot
designation J7B1
type A5
populated yes

DMI OEM Strings
string[0] To Be Filled By O.E.M.

DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 8192 MBytes
max# of devices 4

DMI Memory Device
designation Node0_Dimm0
format DIMM
type unknown
data width 64 bits

DMI Memory Device
designation Node0_Dimm1
format DIMM
type unknown
data width 64 bits

DMI Memory Device
designation Node0_Dimm2
format DIMM
type unknown
data width 64 bits

DMI Memory Device
designation Node0_Dimm3
format DIMM
type unknown
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 4096 MBytes

DMI Processor
manufacturer AuthenticAMD
model AMD A6-5400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
clock speed 3600.0 MHz
FSB speed 100.0 MHz
multiplier 36.0x


Graphics
Number of adapters 1

Graphic APIs
API ATI I/O
API ADL SDK

Display Adapters
Display adapter 0
Name AMD Radeon HD 7540D
Board Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD)
Memory size 512 MB
PCI device bus 0 (0x0), device 1 (0x1), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x1002)
Model ID 0x9991 (0x9991)
Performance Level 0
Core clock 304.0 MHz
Memory clock 667.0 MHz
Performance Level 1
Core clock 760.0 MHz
Memory clock 667.0 MHz

Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x20000000 (536870912)
Win32_VideoController DriverVersion = 15.201.1151.1008
Win32_VideoController DriverDate = 11/04/2015

Monitor 0
Model DELL E198WFP (Dell Computer)
ID DELF005
Serial RW19581407TU
Manufacturing Date Week 1, Year 2008
Size 19.1 inches
Max Resolution 1440 x 900 @ 59 Hz
Horizontal Freq. Range 30-83 kHz
Vertical Freq. Range 56-75 Hz
Max Pixel Clock 140 MHz
Gamma Factor 2.2


Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit (Build 14393)
DirectX Version 12.0
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Hopefully, you made it through that wall of text down to my computer...

I'm looking at, most likely upgrading the RAM, possible graphics card, and might even explore an SSD. Again however, I have no idea what I'm buying these days - and what a possible upgrade is. An online app - "The upgrade finder" would be great if someone knows of such a thing...

My computer CPU-Z report:

CPU-Z

Binaries
CPU-Z version 1.78.1.x64

Processors
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 2
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 3

Timers
ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 3.020 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name AMD A8-7600
Codename Kaveri
Specification AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
Package Socket FM2+ (906)
CPUID F.0.1
Extended CPUID 15.30
Core Stepping KV-A1
Technology 28 nm
TDP Limit 65.2 Watts
Core Speed 3689.9 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 37.0 x 99.7 MHz
Stock frequency 3100 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
L1 Data cache 4 x 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 96 KBytes, 3-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 2048 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 8000001Eh
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 16 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 96 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 2 MB, 2 thread(s)
FID/VID Control yes
Min FID 7.0x
# of P-States 8
P-State FID 0x16 - VID 0x14 - IDD 13 (19.00x - 1.425 V)
P-State FID 0x15 - VID 0x16 - IDD 22 (18.50x - 1.412 V)
P-State FID 0x11 - VID 0x2A - IDD 15 (16.50x - 1.287 V)
P-State FID 0xF - VID 0x30 - IDD 10 (15.50x - 1.250 V)
P-State FID 0xC - VID 0x3C - IDD 9 (14.00x - 1.175 V)
P-State FID 0x8 - VID 0x48 - IDD 7 (12.00x - 1.100 V)
P-State FID 0x116 - VID 0x52 - IDD 6 (9.50x - 1.037 V)
P-State FID 0x10C - VID 0x5E - IDD 5 (7.00x - 0.962 V)

PStateReg 0x80000182-0x00002816
PStateReg 0x800001D7-0x00002C15
PStateReg 0x80000196-0x00005411
PStateReg 0x80000164-0x0000600F
PStateReg 0x80000157-0x0000780C
PStateReg 0x80000148-0x00009008
PStateReg 0x8000013C-0x0000A456
PStateReg 0x8000012D-0x0040BC4C

Package Type 0x1
Model 00
String 1 0x0
String 2 0x0
Page 0x0
Base TDP 0 Watts
Boosted P-States 3
Max non-turbo ratio 31.00x
Max turbo ratio 38.00x
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00E000E2 FFFFFFF2 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 00000000 00000000 005A0800 00000000
170 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 8200000F 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000000E
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000043 00000000 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000104 00000200 1C4CA424 0CE00EA9
120 00167DF8 00000000 00000000 00000000
130 551FED1B 97ABEF7F F6DD8FCF FE7B7A1F
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 0FC39801 4C8F7D26 00000000 00000A05
1C0 979732AB 649CB67D 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00C11957 0000004B 0000452A 00008003
150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
160 C00A0FFF 00000000 C00A0FFF 00000000
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000008
180 112203E3 00000000 08000210 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 30C34181 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000100
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 80001385 00000000 00000000
1F0 00080000 00000000 00000000 001806CF

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 4
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00FF0000
110 000C4002 00000000 1B071B0B 00000000
120 00000000 00000000 00940640 00000000
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001
140 072D14E2 0002B18A 17721A35 0003B294
150 30490961 FBFBFBFB FBFBFBFF 8000018D
160 00630F01 00000000 00000000 00000274
170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
190 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 000000A9 00000000
1C0 00000049 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000002 00000000
1E0 0B042816 0BAE2C15 0B2C5411 0AC8600F
1F0 0AAE780C 0A909008 0A78A456 0A5BBC4C

Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 5
100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
120 00000000 00000000 40609338 0000002C
130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
150 00000000 00000000 011C002A 014D0014
160 2A0108B9 270128B1 210140A9 D24580A5
170 40000453 040CA2C2 000F0C00 00000014
180 00000000 00000000 0000000D 00000002
190 00000000 0000000B 00202047 00000000
1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000


Temperature 0 100 degC (212 degF) (Package)
Voltage 0 1.38 Volts (Cores)
Voltage 1 1.07 Volts (Uncore)
Clock Speed 0 3689.87 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 3689.87 MHz (Core #1)
Clock Speed 2 3689.87 MHz (Core #2)
Clock Speed 3 3689.87 MHz (Core #3)



Chipset
Northbridge AMD K15 IMC rev. 00
Southbridge AMD A88X FCH rev. 2.6
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x8
PCI-E Max Link Width x8
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8 GBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 797.8 MHz (1:8)
CAS# latency (CL) 11.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 11
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 11
Cycle Time (tRAS) 28
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 39
Uncore Frequency 1396.2 MHz

Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD0000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
Part number F3-12800CL9-4GBXL
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-22 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-19-26 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 685 MHz
JEDEC #5 10.0-10-10-27-37 @ 761 MHz
JEDEC #6 11.0-11-11-28-39 @ 800 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 10.88 ns
Min tRCD 10.88 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 29.63 ns
Min tRC 40.88 ns
Min tRFC 260.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 9.0-9-9-24-33-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD0000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
Part number F3-12800CL9-4GBXL
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-22 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-19-26 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 685 MHz
JEDEC #5 10.0-10-10-27-37 @ 761 MHz
JEDEC #6 11.0-11-11-28-39 @ 800 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 10.88 ns
Min tRCD 10.88 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 29.63 ns
Min tRC 40.88 ns
Min tRFC 260.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 9.0-9-9-24-33-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)


Monitoring
Mainboard Model A88XM-A (0x000001C4 - 0x00509FE1)

LPCIO
LPCIO Vendor ITE
LPCIO Model IT8603
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90
LPCIO Chip ID 0x8603
LPCIO Revision ID 0x1

Hardware Monitors
Hardware monitor ITE IT8603
Voltage 0 1.40 Volts [0x75] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 1.46 Volts [0x7A] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 11.81 Volts [0xA4] (+12V)
Voltage 3 4.98 Volts [0xA6] (+5V)
Voltage 4 1.06 Volts [0x58] (VIN4)
Voltage 7 3.31 Volts [0x8A] (+3.3V)
Temperature 0 66 degC (150 degF) [0x42] (Mainboard)
Temperature 1 54 degC (129 degF) [0x36] (CPU)
Fan 0 3261 RPM [0xCF] (FANIN0)
Fan 1 2258 RPM [0x12B] (FANIN1)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0)
Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1)
Fan PWM 2 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2)

Hardware monitor AMD ADL
Voltage 0 1.15 Volts [0x47E] (VIN0)
Temperature 0 77 degC (170 degF) [0x4D] (TMPIN0)
Fan 0 749652 RPM [0xB7054] (FANIN0)
Clock Speed 0 1000.00 MHz [0x3E8] (Graphics)
Clock Speed 1 1150.00 MHz [0x3E8] (Memory)


PCI Devices
Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1422
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 2 (0x02), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1424
Revision ID 0x00

Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 2 (0x02), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1425
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 3 (0x03), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1424
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 4 (0x04), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x1424
Revision ID 0x00

Description USB Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7814
Revision ID 0x09

Description USB Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7814
Revision ID 0x09

Description Serial ATA Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 17 (0x11), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7801
Revision ID 0x40

Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 18 (0x12), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7807
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 18 (0x12), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7808
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7807
Revision ID 0x11

Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x7808
Revision ID 0x11

Description SMBus Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780B
Revision ID 0x16

Description Multimedia device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780D
Revision ID 0x01

Description PCI to ISA Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780E
Revision ID 0x11

Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x780F
Revision ID 0x40

Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 21 (0x15), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x43A0
Revision ID 0x00

Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 21 (0x15), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x43A2
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x141A
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x141B
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x141C
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x141D
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x141E
Revision ID 0x00

Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 5 (0x05)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1022
Model ID 0x141F
Revision ID 0x00

Description VGA Controller
Location bus 1 (0x01), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x6610
Revision ID 0x00

Description Multimedia device
Location bus 1 (0x01), device 0 (0x00), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0xAAB0
Revision ID 0x00

Description Ethernet Controller
Location bus 4 (0x04), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10EC
Model ID 0x8168
Revision ID 0x0C


DMI
DMI BIOS
vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version 2701
date 11/03/2015
ROM size 8192 KB

DMI System Information
manufacturer System manufacturer
product System Product Name
version System Version
serial System Serial Number
UUID {710E7C17-644A-FA54-71E7-2C56DC97809F}
SKU SKU
family To be filled by O.E.M.

DMI Baseboard
vendor ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
model A88XM-A
revision Rev X.0x
serial 151159662600641

DMI System Enclosure
manufacturer Chassis Manufacture
chassis type Desktop
chassis serial Chassis Serial Number

DMI Port Connector
designation PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse (internal)
designation PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse (external)
port type Keyboard Port
connector PS/2

DMI Port Connector
designation HDMI (internal)
designation HDMI port (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation DVI (internal)
designation DVI port (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation D-SUB (internal)
designation D-SUB port (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation USB3_12 (internal)
designation USB3_12 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation LAN (internal)
designation LAN (external)
port type Network Port
connector RJ-45

DMI Port Connector
designation USB12 (internal)
designation USB12 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation Audio_Line_In (internal)
designation Audio_Line_In (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation Audio_Line_Out (internal)
designation Audio_Line_Out (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation Audio_Mic_In (internal)
designation Audio_Mic_In (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation SATA6G_1 (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation SATA6G_2 (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation SATA6G_3 (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation SATA6G_4 (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation SATA6G_5 (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation SATA6G_6 (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation USB34 (internal)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation USB56 (internal)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation USB3_34 (internal)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation COM1 (internal)
connector 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)

DMI Port Connector
designation PANEL (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation SPDIF_OUT (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation AAFP (internal)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation SPEAKER (internal)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation CPU_FAN (internal)

DMI Port Connector
designation CHA_FAN (internal)

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCIEX16_1
type A5
width 32 bits
populated yes

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCIEX1_1
type A5
width 32 bits
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCI1
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no

DMI OEM Strings
string[0] To Be Filled By O.E.M.
string[1] To Be Filled By O.E.M.
string[2] Orange
string[3] To Be Filled By O.E.M.

DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 65536 MBytes
max# of devices 4

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_A1
format DIMM
type unknown
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 4096 MBytes

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_A2
format unknown
type unknown
data width 64 bits

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_B1
format DIMM
type unknown
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 4096 MBytes

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_B2
format unknown
type unknown
data width 64 bits

DMI Processor
manufacturer AuthenticAMD
model AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
clock speed 3100.0 MHz
FSB speed 100.0 MHz
multiplier 31.0x


Graphics
Number of adapters 1

Graphic APIs
API ATI I/O
API ADL SDK

Display Adapters
Display adapter 0
Name AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Board Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Memory size 1024 MB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x1043)
Model ID 0x6610 (0x0462)
Performance Level 0
Core clock 300.0 MHz
Memory clock 150.0 MHz
Performance Level 1
Core clock 1050.0 MHz
Memory clock 1150.0 MHz

Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x40000000 (1073741824)
Win32_VideoController DriverVersion = 21.19.137.1
Win32_VideoController DriverDate = 09/16/2016

Monitor 0
Model SyncMaster (Samsung)
ID SAM037C
Serial H9NQ504258
Manufacturing Date Week 19, Year 2008
Size 22.0 inches
Max Resolution 1680 x 1050 @ 59 Hz
Horizontal Freq. Range 30-81 kHz
Vertical Freq. Range 56-75 Hz
Max Pixel Clock 140 MHz
Gamma Factor 2.2


Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit (Build 14393)
DirectX Version 12.0
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Thanks for all the help, or any suggestions...
 
Solution
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The wife's computer is lacking in RAM. 4GB isn't enough these days. She also has a pretty slow CPU. Yours could use a new GPU, SSD and RAM.

I would pick up a 2x8GB kit. Put it in your computer and use your old RAM to upgrade your wife's PC. I would get a pair of 120GB or 240GB SSDs, one for each PC. I might pick up a GPU, a RX 460 or GTX 1050. And a new APU for your wife's PC- an A10-6800K or something like that should be fairly cheap.
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The wife's computer is lacking in RAM. 4GB isn't enough these days. She also has a pretty slow CPU. Yours could use a new GPU, SSD and RAM.

I would pick up a 2x8GB kit. Put it in your computer and use your old RAM to upgrade your wife's PC. I would get a pair of 120GB or 240GB SSDs, one for each PC. I might pick up a GPU, a RX 460 or GTX 1050. And a new APU for your wife's PC- an A10-6800K or something like that should be fairly cheap.
 
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jweese74

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Thank you greatly for your suggestions, and this is most likely what I'll end up doing - unfortunately however, when it comes to the RAM - there are so many options. If I can swap my ram into my wife's computer that'll work great, but what "kind" or "speed" or type of ram am I looking for for my computer?

SSD and GPU I understand, and can find upgrades for - but the RAM really confuses me as to what type/speed/PIN's etc.

Thanks again for your help
 
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I would not put money on that system. Its too old imo to put money into upgrading. 4GB is plenty for facebooking and minecraft. If your pc is slowing down maybe its because of windows. Do a fresh install, get antivirus.

Save up and get a new system. Like i3 + H110 motherboard + 8gb ram. Or a pentium G4400. You can buy an SSD now. Because you will be able to use it in your next system.

By the way, most of CPU-Z report is useless for us. Instead a screenshot of summary page of HWinfo is far better.
 
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You need 240 pin DDR3 DIMMs, in a 2x8GB kit (individual purchase not recommended). I would get the cheapest DDR3-2133 kit available in that size and type. The only difference between options is the heat spreader (unimportant today) and binning (unless over clocking, unimportant).
 
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Thanks for all the suggestions - here's what I ended up doing, and so far - aside from one hiccup (I'll be hoping for an answer here) - all is going well.

For my computer, I picked up four 8gb 1600 RAM sticks, a 250gb SSD and 1tb SSHD. Everything seems to be running great, and fast as well.

For my wife's computer - she ended up needing a new PS so that kind of put a damper on her budget, but she inherited my two old 4gb sticks of ram and a bunch of new fans (hey, they had lights in them - so she accepted that :)).

That being said - I've run into the "Windows will only recognize half my RAM" issue on her computer.

- BIOS reports 8gb
- CPU-Z reports 8gb
- Windows reports 4gb and only 3.5gb usable
- Checked msconfig and RAM use is not limited (advanced settings)
- Checked BIOS and RAM is not being limited

I ran into this issue before on a previous computer and it ended up being an msconfig issue, fixed it easily. This is not being so easy to fix.

Running Windows 10 64bit as well.

Any thoughts? Suggestions?
 
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