Planning to upgrade your pc ?. Here's a simple way to check your RAM type on Windows 11. Ddr3 or ddr4 ?. Wmic is not recognized ?

It's wiser to first figure out what kind of RAM is installed on your computer , so that when you upgrade the memory, you can buy a suitable one.?

Step 1 : Using your computer's System Information?

• Open the Start menu
• Navigate to system -> about and click Open

There you can see the basic information about the ram that is already pre installed in your system

Step 2 : Utilizing task manager?

• Open the task manager?
• Click on the performance tab and choose memory

Below, you can check the number of RAM slots that are accessible on your system for upgrade, as well as the clock speed of your current RAM.

Check at the Clock Speed in the Memory Tab. The speed speed of DDR3 ranges from 800 to 2133 MHz. The minimum clock speed for DDR4 is 2133 MHz. So, if it exceeds 2133MHz, it is a DDR4.

Here's a list of clock speeds for your reference.

Step 3 : using wmic for more information

Windows Management Instrumentation Command (WMIC) is a command-line utility that allows users to query WMI.

• Run command prompt as administrator
• Type the command

wmic memorychip list full        

This will provide a complete list of your PC's RAM specifications, including memory type (such as DDR4 or DDR5).

• If you only want individual results regarding the capacity and speed

 type wmic memorychip get speed , capacity , memorytype        

The memory type (ram type) will be presented in a code format, and you can refer to the code that correlates with the ram type.

Note : DDR5 still isn't properly recognized, and it may still show up as an Unknown memory type.

Wmic isn't recognized?

While typing the command, if the command prompt produces an error saying it is not recognized, It is because Microsoft removed WMIC from Windows 10 and Windows 11 and moved it to optional features, which we have to enable manually.

To enable wmic

• Open Settings
• Navigate to the system and Then, click Optional features.

• Search for WMIC and check the box to enable it by installing the feature.
• After enabling wmic try the step 3 to check memory information.?

Hope this helps you !