I have 16gig ram and only 8gig shows on my desktop its a gigabyte ga-z68ap-d3

Tankchaos · May 30, 2016

Need help with my ram as I have 16gig but only 8shows

Tradesman1 · May 31, 2016

What model of DRAM, what CPU, what CPU cooler?

Tankchaos · May 31, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Tankchaos · May 31, 2016

I7 Intel 2600k and cooler don't no the dram

Tradesman1 · May 31, 2016

Can get the model # of each stick with the free app CPU-Z check in the SPD tab

Tankchaos · Jun 1, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Tankchaos · Jun 1, 2016

Its adtapa 1333mhz cards 8x4

Tradesman1 · Jun 1, 2016

Adata makes lots of 1333 DRAM, need the model #

Tankchaos · Jun 2, 2016

Pc3-10700h DDR 3 ram

Tankchaos · Jun 2, 2016

Artw8gb1333d3v ddr3 8gb (2x8)

bignastyid · Jun 2, 2016

Artw8gb1333d3v is an 8gb kit which is two 4gb sticks totaling 8gb.

Tankchaos · Jun 2, 2016

bignastyid :

Tankchaos · Jun 2, 2016

I have 2 of the those 8gig sticks so u till me when I started my computer up the first time it said 16 gig is now 8

bignastyid · Jun 2, 2016

You would need 2 of those kits (4 sticks total) to get 16gb.

Tradesman1 · Jun 2, 2016

bignastyid :

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And there's no guarantees two sets would play together, best would be a 2x8GB set

Tankchaos · Jun 2, 2016

That's the thing I had window 7 and said 16gig upgraded 2 window 10 and said 8gig

bignastyid · Jun 2, 2016

Tankchaos :

How many sticks of ram do you have installed?

Tankchaos · Jun 2, 2016

2 sticks

bignastyid · Jun 2, 2016

So according to the part number you provided the system should be seeing 8gb of ram not 16.

Tradesman1 · Jun 2, 2016