64bit Linux with only 3GB RAM

**varunendra** · March 10th, 2013

Originally Posted by Malacath

Thanks

Welcome

And if you are indeed going to dual boot and not sure about partition plan, I'd suggest to post your question in a new thread with output of -

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

from ubuntu live session.

**oldos2er** · March 10th, 2013

Originally Posted by Malacath

Are there any benefits to having the 64bit version if your computer has only 3GB RAM?

I don't want to go through the hassle of replacing the 32bit version with the 64bit version if there are no benefits.

Absolutely there are benefits; why not use your hardware to its full potential? CPU-intensive tasks such as video encoding will be noticeably faster; for day-to-day tasks like web browsing and email you may not notice much difference.