Your 8 GB RAM works good in 64 bit machine until unless RAM is of same frequency as of your machine required. This is because 32 bit architecture support’s upto only 4gb ram. If you want to use above 4gb ram then you have to use 64 bit architecture. show 8gb ram on your properties.

Can 32 bit Windows use 8GB RAM?

4 Answers. You can install 8 GBs on 32-bit system, but you won’t be able to use it. You need a 64-bit system to do that.

How much RAM can 32 bit Windows use?

The CPU register stores memory addresses, which is how the processor accesses data from RAM. One bit in the register can reference an individual byte in memory, so a 32-bit system can address a maximum of 4 gigabytes (4,294,967,296 bytes) of RAM.