Hi'
I'm running windows 7 and am getting a message saying I'm low on physical Memory. I have 2*4Gb Patriot Viper "Black Mamber" Generation  3 DDR3 12800C9 Dual Channel Kit Memory.
Do I get another pack the same or will it not work


Regards

DaveHi Dave, been a while

You're best to buy another kit that matches your current RAM, if memory serves (pardon the pun) this should be what you need - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patriot-Viper-Black-Mamba-DDR3/dp/B008LTJJM2Your system has 8GB of RAM and your low on memory with Windows 7 64-bit? Are you running any special application or game that is eating up about  6.5GB +/- of RAM?

I have a system with 8GB RAM and Windows 7 64-bit and when gaming and multitasking on my FX-8350 the most I can weigh it down to is about 5GB used of 8GB. The only time I can flood the RAM is through a benchmark.

If its not a specific game or application that is eating up lots of RAM, then I would look for why your memory is being consumed. Look in task manager and see where the memory is being allocated. Maybe you have a virus or malware that is eating up RAM or an application with a memory leak that GROWS until it consumes all...   Thanks Calum,
Your right, Long time since I saw you. BTW the computer is running great. I think the problem must have been when I was checking sectors on my 2Tb HDD but since that finished I haven't had the warning again. So I suppose it was a false alarm. At least I know it's OK to get another twin pack of Black Mamba. All the best for the Festive Season Calum
Thanks also to DaveL.

Hi Calum
Do you think I should get another pack of memory, will it improve anything. I only ask because my son is posting a Xmas parcel to me sometime soon and I could get the memory included..
Kind Regards

DaveGlad the computer's still running well for you!  Checkdisk in Windows 7 does use a lot of RAM, especially on a large disk like a 2TB drive - this is by design from what I've read, to essentially get the disk check COMPLETED as quickly as possible.  So, it would've used almost all your available RAM thus causing that message to show up.

However I do think as DDR3 prices have dropped recently it could be a good time to add an additional 2x4GB, you may not see a huge benefit from it at the moment but it's so cheap and easy to install, it almost makes sense to upgrade before the prices inevitably go up again and you may end up wishing in a YEAR that you'd done it.

Hope that all makes sense!Thanks Calum

Best Wishes

dave