How much ram can a motherboard support?

[imeem]

how much ram can the fastest motherboard support? Windows 7 x64 (excluding home premium, home basic, starter) supports up do 192 GB of ram. Memory Limits for Windows Releases (Windows)

 

[jebuchanan]

I have seen 12GB DDR3 tripple channel (3x4GB), so I would say 24GB to fill the 6 slots (6x4GB).

 

[Dragonfly]

The EVGA Classified SR-2 can accommodate 12 DIMM Triple-Channel DDR3 1333MHz+ (up to 48GB).

 

[zay]

My flux capacitor 1200 can hold 100GB of memory, lol. Just playing, no such thing exist, just spreading a little joy.

 

[imeem]

so who the heck needs double digits of rams?

 

[Davidxtux]

serious rendering

 

[BomberAF]

Isn't the maximum amount of RAM a mobo can use pointless as Windows 7 will only use 16GB of RAM?

 

[Thorsen]

Win7 can use up to 192G of ram I think......

 

[Thorsen]

oops. edit to last post... your right about 16G, but it is 192GB for Enterprise and Ultimate:

Max memory limits for 64-bit Windows 7 | ZDNet

Starter: 8GB
Home Basic: 8GB
Home Premium: 16GB
Professional: 192GB
Enterprise: 192GB
Ultimate: 192GB

 

[thefabe]

The EVGA Classified SR-2 can accommodate 12 DIMM Triple-Channel DDR3 1333MHz+ (up to 48GB).

That is one overkill of a board. Talk about bragging rights. Fabe

 

[Thorsen]

It would be awesome if I could re-wire ram slot to link to SSD drive and use 4 64GB SSD's as RAM.... thats 256GB RAM..... doubt thats possible.... but would rock...

 

[Thorsen]

The EVGA Classified SR-2 can accommodate 12 DIMM Triple-Channel DDR3 1333MHz+ (up to 48GB).

That is one overkill of a board. Talk about bragging rights. Fabe

You also have to build your own case to fit it..... more braggin rights....

 

[Bill2]

See this table.

Source: Memory Limits for Windows Releases (Windows)

 

[Thorsen]

Interesting Bill, my list from ZDnet shows that starter supports 8GB. I wonder which one is right.....

Edit: Seems my previous link was pre-release from April 2009 so Bill, you are probably correct on this one.

 

[stormy13]

The EVGA Classified SR-2 can accommodate 12 DIMM Triple-Channel DDR3 1333MHz+ (up to 48GB).

And the memory kit to go with it,

G.Skill offers a 48GB DDR3 1900 MHz CAS8 memory kit

 

[Solarstarshines]

would you even notice a speed change after so many gigs im running 8 adding more ram is kinda ridiculous

 

[pparks1]

It would be awesome if I could re-wire ram slot to link to SSD drive and use 4 64GB SSD's as RAM.... thats 256GB RAM..... doubt thats possible.... but would rock...

Of course, it would be slow as all get out. RAM is massively faster than SSD flash memory.

would you even notice a speed change after so many gigs im running 8 adding more ram is kinda ridiculous

Not unless you had an application that would really use it. Biggest speed increase for most people is between 1GB and 2GB of RAM. 2 to 4GB is modest. 4gb to 8gb is almost imperceivable. More or less, if you aren't running a a few select types of applications...more RAM doesn't not equate to faster or better.

 

[Everlong]

Even Ultimate/Enterprise limit the RAM for 64bit, as the actual limit for how much 64bit can actually address is around 18EB.

 

[Thorsen]

OK. I am trying to find info on this and 1EB is ~1,000,000TB, so wouldn't that mean the limit is 18,000,000,000GB (18 billion GB)? of Allocatable Ram? Windows supports 192GB at its highest win platform, but that is way less than 18,000,000,000GB....

32x hits limit at 4GB Is the limit for 64x 18EB?



OR? am I like waaaaaaay off?

 

[grimreaper]

The EVGA Classified SR-2 can accommodate 12 DIMM Triple-Channel DDR3 1333MHz+ (up to 48GB).

That is one overkill of a board. Talk about bragging rights. Fabe

Only from EVGA, they make some of the best motherboards (socket 1366/775) on the market, and as a very loyal owner (790i Ultra SLi), this is why I love 'em.