Computer part compatibility help

[BoshansStudios]

Hello Newgrounds,

I need help figuring out if this RAM will be compatible with this Motherboard .

I'm going to have 8 GB of RAM total and want to know if it would be better to have 2 sticks of 4 Gb or 4 sticks of 2 GB.

Thanks in advance.

[Rage]

At 6/29/10 09:05 PM, BoshansStudios wrote: Hello Newgrounds,

I need help figuring out if this RAM will be compatible with this Motherboard .

I'm going to have 8 GB of RAM total and want to know if it would be better to have 2 sticks of 4 Gb or 4 sticks of 2 GB.

Thanks in advance.

The memory modules you linked to are registered ECC modules and intended for use in servers, which isn't quite what you're looking for. You want something like this or this (They look cooler anyway).

There is no difference in performance between using 2 sticks and 4 sticks in this case. USUALLY you will find yourself paying a premium for higher density modules (4gb sticks), and, unless you plan on 16gb of memory later, you would buy 4 x 2gb just to save some money. That's not applicable here, though, as you'll see the 2 x 4gb kit is slightly cheaper for some weird reason. This is because the prices of DDR3 memory have gone up INSANELY in the past while (About where they were a year and a half ago when it was still new-ish) and the high density sticks haven't budged much because they're not purchased as often. If you're not in a hurry, I'd expect the price to go down noticeably in the next few months. Make sure you shop around. Just get whatever is cheaper between the 4 x 2gb and 2 x 4gb kits you find.

[BoshansStudios]

Thank you very much, that helped a lot. And I did not know the memory I had picked out was meant for servers so thanks again.

[Bit]

At 6/30/10 06:00 PM, BoshansStudios wrote: Thank you very much, that helped a lot. And I did not know the memory I had picked out was meant for servers so thanks again.

If you're going to be using a 32-bit OS, you can cap the RAM at 4GB. You need a 64-bit OS to use more than 4GB.

[BoshansStudios]

At 6/30/10 06:02 PM, Stevenscar wrote:

At 6/30/10 06:00 PM, BoshansStudios wrote: Thank you very much, that helped a lot. And I did not know the memory I had picked out was meant for servers so thanks again.

If you're going to be using a 32-bit OS, you can cap the RAM at 4GB. You need a 64-bit OS to use more than 4GB.

I am actually getting a 65 bit OS. I know that with a 32 bit OS it doesn't even recognize more then 4 GB but thank you.