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In matters concerning computer RAMs, we are wont to think more to be merrier. For someone who’s simply looking to improve their PC’s performance, RAM capacity is the first thing they think of. But even then, we should avoid making the terrible blunder of buying RAM that isn’t compatible with our CPU and motherboard.

Finding out your computer’s RAM type is essential if you’re looking to upgrade your internal hardware, or meddle with it in some other way.

Apart from cluing you into what your CPU and motherboard are equipped to handle, it also tells you what transfer speeds you can expect to have.

In this guide, we go through a bunch of ways of checking your RAM type, including through a third-party app, and what the numbers actually mean.

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What is a DDR3/DDR4 RAM?

Most of the RAM types we get these days are, or have, DDR (Double Data Rate).

DDRs, that take transfer twice in a clock cycle, provide faster bandwidth than their predecessors, SDR – Single Data Rata that could only transfer data once in a clock cycle.

DDR3 and DDR4

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