[SOLVED] Question about a RAM upgrade....

[bdavid7]

Hello,

I upgraded the RAM in my Acer laptop running Windows 10 from 2x2GB, 1066 MHz to 2x4GB, 1066 MHz. I double checked with the Crucial website before purchasing these Crucial RAMs to be sure of the compatibility.

When I go to the Task Manager and check the performance tab I see:

Speed: 533 MHz
Slots used: 2 of 2
Form factor: DIMM

Hmm...I found the speed to be suspicious...I was expecting 1066 MHz but I see only half of that value, 533 MHz!

So I then went to my Dell Optiplex desktop which is also running Windows 10 and has 8 MB of RAM and I checked the performance tab in Task Manager:

Speed: 1600 MHz
Slots used: 2 of 2
Form factor: DIMM

I know that my Dell desktop has 1600 MHz RAM as opposed to 1033 MHz RAM for the Acer laptop. But why is the Acer showing only 533 MHz?!!

Thanks

 

[rgd1101]

ddr mean doubt data rate 533x2 = 1066

don't use task manager, use cpuz

 

[bdavid7]

OK thanks, I downloaded CPU-Z and everything seems fine...Windows 10 task manager is confused ... or inconsistent to say the least.

I was worried mainly because after the upgrade I did not notice a huge difference as far as speed, but everyone was recommending to upgrade to 8G of RAM after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10...so I did. Anyways, thanks for your help.

 

[rgd1101]

more ram mean using hdd less.