Hi just asking a ram question

planes3333

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Hello community I was wondering if you can tell me what level of ram I can run on my computer. I upgraded to 16 gigs from 8 anyways this is my specs


AMD Phenom II 960T Quad-Core
Processor Speed
3.0 GHz
Processor Cores
4
RAM
8GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (Expandable to 16 GB)

can I run the fastest ram there is and also can my motherboard handle it?? I am going to be upgrading the power supply and I am also going to run the gtx 650
 

blackmancer

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Well you need to tell us what motherboard you have there bro, you've only told us the processor and the ram spec doesn't quite make sense because you said you went to 16 from 8 and you've stated you've got 8 lower down. so do you have 16G or 8G in the system and what motherboard do you have :)
 

planes3333

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hello I had 8 gigs ram in the system and I upgraded to 16gigs, I don't know what kind of motherboard it is, I think its an tax its really small, here are more specs
AMD Phenom II 960T Quad-Core
Processor Speed
3.0 GHz
Processor Cores
4
RAM
8GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (Expandable to 16 GB)
Hard Drive Capacity
1.5 TB
Hard Drive Speed (Revolutions Per Minut
5400 RPM

ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics
Dedicated Video Memory
No
Shared Video Memory
Up to 3067 MB

Video Memory
Not Applicable
Display

HDCP Compliant

Not Applicable
Audio
Audio Output
High Definition Audio; 7.1 Surround Sound Capabilities
Digital Input
No
Digital Output
Coaxial Digital Audio Out (SP-DIF)

Line Out
Yes
Line-In input
Yes
Sound Card
AMD 785G Chipset
Speaker Wattage
Not Applicable
Speakers
No
Networking
Ethernet Port
10/100Base-T
Integrated Bluetooth
No
Integrated WiFi
802.11b/g/n
Inputs/Outputs
Card Reader
15-In-1 Card Reader
Component Output
No
Composite Output
No
DVI Output
Yes
E-SATA
No
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
No
HDMI
No

No
S-Video Output
No
USB Ports
4 USB 2.0 Ports (Back); 2 USB 2.0 Ports (Front)

Available Hard Drive Bays
1 External 3.5" (Available); 2 Internal 3.5" (One Available)
Available Memory Slots
4 DIMM (240-Pin; DDR3) (Two Available)
Available Optical Bays
2 External 5.25" (One Available)
Available PCI Slots
No
Available PCI-E Slots
3 PCI Express x1 (Available); 1 PCI Express x16 (Available)

Processor Cache
2 MB L2 + 6 MB Shared L3
System Bus
4.0 GT/s

Tower Depth
41.0 cm
Tower Height
38.8 cm
Tower Width
17.5 cm
Tower Weight
9.6 kg