Solved Very quick & Easy question (For this forum)

[Tony2012]

Long story short lads,

I want to up to 8GB but upon reading my motherboard specs I saw it said;

"2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB"

And I couldn't word it right to put into google correctly and I knew someone here would know.

What I'm asking is, Does that mean it can only handle 4GB on the whole board of 4GB per slot?

If you're interested here's a link to my board....I'm more than likely going to upgrade it anyway.

http://ee.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-73pvm-s2h_10

 

[stormy13]

4 GB total.

 

[Tony2012]

D'aw, welp...Time to find a new motherboard.

Thank's for the reply, mate.

 

[maxie]

Only 4GB.

 

[jimbo45]

4 GB total.

Hi there
This isn't always strictly true == the 4GB limit on DDR2 was basically because DDR2 (unlike DDR3) memory slots are very rare to find in 2 X 4GB modules and if you CAN find them they are MUCH more expensive than the more modern DDR3 modules (which BTW won't fit in your mobo --different slots).

Another issue is the CPU -- if it's not 64 bit capable then there isn't any point in installing more than 4GB of memory in any case.

You'd be better off with a more modern MOBO --SATA disks / USB3 port(s) and numerous other improvements.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[whs]

Unless you have very memory intensive applications, 8GB will not buy you much compared to 4GB. For 'normal' use, half of the 8GBs will be mostely empty - see in my case.

 

[jimbo45]

Unless you have very memory intensive applications, 8GB will not buy you much compared to 4GB. For 'normal' use, half of the 8GBs will be mostely empty - see in my case.

A good use for extra memory (especially on a 64 bit machine) is if you run virtual machines -- these just EAT ram for breakfast.

Another good use for more RAM is if you run video editing or large applications like photoshop -- using RAM for "scratch" / temporary files is far faster than having these on a disk because of insufficient RAM to store these on RAM (even if you are using SSD's).

Cheers
jimbo

 

[whs]

jimbo, you are right on virtual machines. But video editing does not really use more RAM - at least not the programs I use.