Memory question

[fgran4]

i7 2600k cpu

ASRock P67 PRO3 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

is everything goood there to get 12gb ram?

 

[Outlander_04]

Yes you can run 12 gig of RAM in that motherboard

the question is why?