[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1363768426' post='2017125']
That's interesting Twigman, nearly all the socket 1155 motherboards I'm looking at state they support 32GB. The socket 2011 I'm seeing tends towards 64GB max. Are there compatability problems between makes of RAM and motherboards? That's the sort of thing I'm looking to avoid.
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They may say they support 32GB but try buying more than 4GB in a chip.
How many RAM slots are on the motherboard?
My DDR2 RAM motherboard only has 4 RAM slots - yet the manual says it supports up to 32GB RAM - Did anyone ever make an 8GB RAM chip in DDR2? Nope
Modern trip[le channel memory motherboards may have upto 6 slots.....but show me DDR3 RAM on more than 4GB per chip...I've not seen any
EDIT: I see that socket 2011 motherboards seem to have 8 slots (!!!!!) eg http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p9x79-intel-x79-s-2011-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-%28x16%29-atx
and that it seems at last 8GB RAM per slot is now manufactured if not stocked eg http://www.scan.co.uk/products/32gb-%284x8gb%29-corsair-ddr3-dominator-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-10-10-10-27-dhx-technolo
So i stand corrected.......