Memory problem

[xxx-Zodiac]

When I look at computer bios specs it shows the CPU speed and cores it s shows what it is. it does not show how slow it is running at that moment It does not tell you you only have 2 cores when you have 4 because you are only using 2 of them.

A 1 TB hard drives does not say it is 200GB hard drive because that is what its using at the moment.

In the end I had memory that was running slower than it could but it was capable of running a upgraded CPU.

I just feel bios should tell you what it is. how fast its going is secondary. perhaps it should show both.

I think having to open up  a computer to see physically what it is to purchase more is counter to what computers are.

What I reccomnet to anyone reading this is to just download CPUZ it tells you what you actually have

[DGroves]

there are NUMEROUS utils that will show the ram specs cpu-z, aida64, passmark rammon and so on

and again both "SDH" and "I" gave you the intel docs that CLEARLY STATE THE RAM SPEEDS THE CPU IS ABLE TO SUPPORT and even after being told by both of us that the cpu sets the fastest ram speed you still did not understand. and it appears you still don't fully understand preferring instead to blame the computer maker when HP has no control over Intel products

https://www.google.com/search?q=util+to+read+dimm+specs&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS909US909&oq=util+to+read+dim...