Help gigabyte hardware

[plantman uk]

Hello, i have been given a Gigabyte machine model unknown, it has motherboard refGA-81pe1000-g and 512 mb ram, with 3 empty slots, how much ram cab it safely take

 

[o1die]

You may use up to 1 gb sticks in each slot for a total of 4 gb. It works with pc3200, pc2700, or pc2100 ddr ram. I wouldn't mix speeds. Check craigslist for some used corsair, kingston, crucial or samsung. You may find them for around $10/gb if you're lucky. You may use one more 512 and two 1 gb for a total of 3 gb, which is about the max windows 32 bit will recognize.

 

[plantman uk]

Wow that was fast and very informative. Thank you!

 

[sceen311]

http://www.giga-byte.co.za/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=1757&ProductName=GA-8IPE1000-G
Whole list of details on the mobo hardware.