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waketech   08-12-2009 at 04:16:52 PM

All,

I am confused on how to select DDR3 RAM, my MOBO says 6 X DIMM Max 24 GB. My question is how do I select the amount of RAM, for example most DDR3 memory comes in packs of 3, or at least that's what I have seen. So as an example I can get a coarsair 3x2 GB so that would put my total RAM at 6 GB. How many DIMM slots does that take up ? Basically I don't know how the DIMM slots are populated

TIA

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   08-12-2009 at 05:00:06 PM

If you buy a kit of 3 x 2GB, then it will take 3 slots.

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waketech   08-12-2009 at 05:22:27 PM

Thanks, so obviously another set would take up all six solts (12GB) so the max rating of 24 GB is obviously for bigger sets of RAM say (3x4GB, if available and two sets maxing out the MOBO). How much ram is enough or overkill ?

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   08-12-2009 at 08:09:55 PM

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How much ram is enough or overkill ?

What do you do with your system? If playing games or running office applications, then 6 GB definitely is enough.

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waketech   08-12-2009 at 09:07:54 PM

I will be using this primarily for video file conversion (Blue Ray/DVD to .X264 or .MKV) and some video editing. Games are not really in the works for this machine

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505090   08-12-2009 at 09:08:30 PM

few people can use more than 6 gig. Also anything over 4 gig requires a 64bit os.

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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waketech   08-12-2009 at 09:25:01 PM

That's good to know about the 64 bit os as I was unaware of that. Do you have any sources of finding out what RAM is better than the other ?

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505090   08-12-2009 at 10:00:29 PM

doesn't really matter unless you plan on some serious overclocking. I usually buy the cheapest muskin I can find. never had a problem and it's usually still in production when customers want to upgrade

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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