What brand and type of ram installed in my machine by default?

[k_waight93]

Im thinking of upgrading ram and a friend may have a ram stick for me and wonders whats the brand and type of ram that came with the desktop already installed 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

HP installs various brands of memory in their PC's so it depends on what they had on hand when your PC was manufactured.

The easiest thing to do without taking the PC apart would be to download and run this free utility which should provide the memory brand, memory manufacturer's part number as well as the specifications.

Free Download HWiNFO Sofware | Installer & Portable for Windows, DOS

I use the portable version myself.

[k_waight93]

does the brand have to match?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

No, but the specifications do.

[k_waight93]

do you have recommendation thats right for my computer ? 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

If you want a 16 GB DDR4-3200 memory chip, this one should work:

Crucial 16GB DDR4-3200 UDIMM | CT16G4DFRA32A | Crucial.com

[k_waight93]

so i installed the ram its reading it with the program you recommended me.

but on task manger other things  it says only 16 gb is installed

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Unfortunately, I wouldn't know why that is happening or what to do about it.

[k_waight93]

[k_waight93]

this is the ram i bought if this helps

https://a.co/d/5lrb4kz