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edited Nov 8 at 18:53

Molly7244

someone told me that MS Windows 7 32 bit doesn't support RAM larger than 3GB.

someone is wrong. 32-bit Windows desktop operating systems support up to 4 GB of physical memory, however, due to the hardware limitations of the 32-bit x86 architecture, only 3.5~ GB are available for the OS if 4 GB are installed.

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edited Nov 8 at 18:01

Molly7244

someone told me that MS Windows 7 32 bit doesn't support RAM larger than 3GB.

someone is wrong. 32-bit Windows operating systems support up to 4 GB of physical memory, however, due to the hardware limitations of the 32-bit architecture, only 3.5~ GB are available for the OS if 4 GB are installed.

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answered Nov 8 at 13:10

Molly7244

someone told me that MS Windows 7 32 bit doesn't support RAM larger than 3GB.

someone is wrong. 32-bit operating systems support up to 4 GB of physical memory, however, due to the hardware limitations of the 32-bit architecture, only 3.5~ GB are available for the OS if 4 GB are installed.