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  #2969608 18-Sep-2022 07:47
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roobarb:

 

Windows 7 will use the complete 8GB RAM, however each process is normally limited to 2GB.

 

 

This only ever applied to Intel IA-32 processors with memory controllers that used bank switching.  Basically everything up until P4.

 

Since W10 the per process memory limit has been at least 8TB.

 

 

 

 

 

aucklander:

 

my original question still stands: why does System Properties show system type x86 (not able to run 64-bit OS) when Microsoft data sheet says that processor is able to do that?

 

 

@aucklander

 

x86 is the common name for Intel's 8086 CPU architecture.    Nowdays x86 implies 32bit CPU (whereas x64 implies 64bit CPU) so System Properties is a little misleading.

 

Pretty much all Intel mobile/desktop CPU's released since ~2007 are 64bit (except Atom). Certainly the i5.


 
 
 
 

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  #2969632 18-Sep-2022 10:55
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That CPU will run 64bit fine, got 5 such systems sitting in my garage atm all with 64bit Windows 7 and will be upgraded to 10 if I decide to go that route. 

 

 





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  #2969685 18-Sep-2022 11:41
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I think in the 2.5 months since the question was posed, it's probably all been sorted.




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  #2969919 18-Sep-2022 20:23
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all sorted since then, thank you all for advice and feedback. The upgrade went just fine, 64-bit system was not a problem for the CPU.


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