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hi all i have built a new pc and have just put in 4 x 1 gb kingston ram in it, the motherboard is a msi k9n neo-f atx
processor is an amd athlon x2 duaL CORE 5000 AM2
ram is ddr2 667mhz
graphics card is geforce 8400gs 256mb pci e
my question is that it only shows up as having 3.25gb instead of 4gb is that right all my ram sticks show up as 1 gb indiviually but together its only 3.25gb

thanks for your help

Hello.

A 32 bit opertaing system only reconises 3.25 RAM/Memory hence you have only 3.25 showing in your system.

A 64 bit OS reconises more.

ahh ok thanks although i thought this was a 64 bit os would i need to upgrade to vista for it to recognise everything then?
if so i think i might stay as i am lol
dont know much about vista and i like xp

Not realy,You dont have to have Vista.

XP Home and Pro are 32 bit operating systems although XP Pro also comes in a 64 bit operating system.

Vista comes in 32 bit and 64 bit.

So your choice is XP Pro 64 bit or Vista 64 bit?

So cheaper option and you like XP is XP Pro 64 bit.

fantastic mate thanks ill go have a look for that and try to find a good price on xp pro 64 thanks
simon

Your welcome.

So you can keep XP and have all your RAM reconised.

Great.

Going Vista is probably the more viable option, as Windows XP will be getting phased out soon. So you'd be upgrading within the next few years