Is 32 Gb ram Worth

[Combatmystic]

is it better or worth to upgrade my  hp laptop intel I5(1135g7) 2.4 Ghz 11 Generation  Intel iris Xe with 32 Gb RAM  currently 8 gb(4x2) Ram installed with Dual Channel  3200MHZ speed so is it recommended to go with 16 x 2 with 3200 MHZ speed  

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Run the Windows resource monitor app, click on the memory tab, and see how much free memory your notebook has with 8 GB of memory installed.  That will be graphically illustrated by a light blue horizontal bar.

If you have more than 4 GB of free memory available, you probably do not need to install more memory.

Did you look at chapter 1 of your notebook's service manual to see how much memory it can support?

Usually, it is only 2 x 8 GB.

You can also run this command to see how much memory your notebook can support:

1. In the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator.

This will open the command prompt.

2. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and hit enter.

There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your PC's motherboard can support.

The capacity is shown as Kilobytes, so you have to convert it to Gigabytes by dividing the number provided in the report by 1,048,576.