System ram

[Bandit52240]

Hello,
is there a link that has a list of what win 7 64 bit can handle? I wanna know what the max is, like can win 7 home premium handle more than 4 gig of ram or more? does win 7 pro max out at 8 gig or more? i'm just curious what the max is so I can decide which to buy

 

[sminlal]

It doesn't matter which edition you buy (premium vs. pro vs. ultimate), what matters is whether you buy the 64-bit version or the 32-bit version. The 32-bit version is limited to a little less than 4GB of RAM, while the 64-bit versions go beyond that.

 

[hang-the-9]

64 bit OS will handle as much ram as you can fit in a home system, you'll hit hardware limits before you hit the OS limit. As siminlal said, the version does not matter, 64 bit is 64 bit.

 

[kajabla]

wikipedia says that 64 bit can handle 256 TERABYTES of ram
no problems there

 

[kajabla]

actually more, that's just a common limit (48 bit)

 

[Ijack]

What the processor can address and what Windows 7 can handle are not the same.

Here is the definitive answer. As you will see, it varies according to the version of Windows 7, but the maximum is 192GB. I suspect that Windows 8 will be out long before that becomes a limitation. Server 2008 can handle considerably more RAM.

 

[yyk71200]

Home Premium 64-bit is limited to 16 GB. Any higher version has this limit removed.