Is my PC memory working ok?

[Justin Passing]

My PC acts like it's clogged up if I have too many browser things going on.
The memory usage never gets near the 32GB it has.

I'm suspicious of the geek at the place which put it together - he said he always uses a - somethng like - series memory mode instead of the recommended parallel mode because the latter tends to cause problems and the speed difference doesn't materially affect the computer speed.
LIke it's processor speed limited and not memory speed limited.


Recently when I was using Chrome and Firefos, each was allocated 6Gb but it said memory 80+% used. ?????????
The computer starts to jerk, on mouse movements,filling web pages, etc.


Some screenshots:
22% doesn't look right

Separate question, I want to use a 6-8 monitor setup, I know I need a better video card but does the PC make a difference for that, past some certain limit?


Thanks.

 

[Wayners]

Use a pc benchmark test. Some free ones around. See how that withe out

 

[flameport]

22% doesn't look right

7.3GB out of 32GB is 22%, so nothing wrong there.
Memory use will be low as there are only 5 apps running, and of those only Firefox is likely to use any significant amount of memory.

As for the problems - you need to look at Task Manager or Resource Monitor when the problems are occurring. Using those when things are idle will reveal nothing.

series memory mode instead of the recommended parallel mode because the latter tends to cause problems and the speed difference doesn't materially affect the computer speed.

That sounds like nonsense.

They might have meant single or dual channel - your motherboard has 4 slots for memory, 2 of which are used.
For dual channel, the two correct slots must be used, otherwise it will only work in single channel which will be slower.
Whether the correct two have been used cannot be determined from the images, however even if they are wrong that won't cause the problems described.

 

[Odds]

Get rid of M.soft Word for a start: it sucks Ram like a cheap whore. I use Editpad: much easier on the mem. sahib.

 

[opps]

As above benchmark the PC.

Sysinternals by Mark Russinovich is a good starting point but much of his work has been baked into W10 and W11.

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

learn.microsoft.com

You can download the likes of Memtest to test the RAM

 

[martygturner]

you have 2 dimms fitted so you have parallel memory.... any jerking etc is caused by the graphics card..update its drivers.