Can i use dual 4gb ram in motherboard which supports 16gb

Nitesh More · Oct 31, 2014

I have my eyes on this motherboard Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) for fx6300 processor what makes me confuse the specifications says that the motherboard supports upto 16gb ram this means 2x8gb ram can be supported but i have only two dual stick of 4gb and they are running at 1333mhz. So my question is will this motherboard support my dual 4gb ram or i have to buy a single 8gb ram.

Warukyure · Oct 31, 2014

You can use whatever combination of Memory as long as your total does not go over 16 GB. 4 Sticks of 8 GB is 32 GB which is more than double that this board can handle. So 2 sticks of 4 GB is fine.

Darkbreeze · Oct 31, 2014

Actually, that board supports 32GB. You can use 1, 2, 4 or 8GB modules in pairs or singly. No problem.

4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
* Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit Windows® OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard.
* AMD FX Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.
* AMD AM3 100 and 200 series CPU support up to DDR3 1066MHz.

Darkbreeze · Oct 31, 2014

(YES, you can use them.) As seen here:

Nitesh More · Oct 31, 2014

Thanks for the reply one more question will this motherboard allow me to overclock fx6300 i dont want to go on peak but atleast 4ghz and i will be using the stock cooler

Darkbreeze · Oct 31, 2014

Nitesh More :

M5A78L-M/USB3 lacks heatsinks on it's mosfets. This means it won't overclock an fx cpu much (or at all)
and that motherboard is a 4+1 mosfet design. Again, this means it won't overclock an fx cpu very well.

If you want to overclock, you'll want a different board. You can try it with a light overclock since it's a six core and not an eight, but I really don't recommend it.

Nitesh More · Oct 31, 2014

thanks darkbreeze for a quick response

Darkbreeze · Oct 31, 2014

No problem Nitesh.

Nitesh More · Nov 9, 2014

Sry to disturb darbreeze after ur suggestion i didn't buy that motherboard now i want to buy this one GIGABYTE 970A-UD3P AMD 970/SB950 AM3+ is it good for fx6300 overclocking and again does this motherfboard will support my dual 4gb ram 1333mhz. thanks in advance

Darkbreeze · Nov 9, 2014

YES, that is the best budget motherboard you can get for overclocking. At least in the opinions of myself and most everybody I've talked to on this issue.

Nitesh More · Nov 9, 2014

but will itsupport my dual 4gb ram 1333mhz

Darkbreeze · Nov 9, 2014

Absolutely.

Nitesh More · Nov 9, 2014

thanks a lot darkbreeze

Darkbreeze · Nov 9, 2014

No problem Nitesh.

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