motherboard question

Camelcart · 10-28-2009, 09:28 AM

How does a motherboard take or support up to 8 mgs of memory when there
are only 2 memory slots on the board. Are 4 mg memory sticks available?

Madcatz · 10-28-2009, 09:29 AM

Yes they are, not really common, but you can find 4GB memory sticks, though they usually are very expensive.

Zerggie · 10-28-2009, 09:30 AM

Diffrent boards have diffrent amount of memory slots

Camelcart · 10-28-2009, 09:59 AM

Yes, thanks, its just that I see boards advertised that they take up to 8 mgs and I
yet they have only 2 slots, I know different boards more slots.

Horusrogue · 10-28-2009, 12:29 PM

Yes. 4 gb sticks exist.

I have seen older board with single slots and they say 1 gb max. Back then 1gb was the 8gb of today :P. One stick job.

**wrench97** · 10-28-2009, 03:00 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231300

Horusrogue · 10-28-2009, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231300

That is the price of a decent mid user mobo :P

**wrench97** · 10-28-2009, 03:24 PM

Yep it is.

**Tyree** · 10-28-2009, 04:37 PM

About a month ago that single 4GB stick was about $100 but DDR2 is taking a steady rise in price. Since 4GB of RAM is plenty there's not much point to the 4GB stick. Lack of purchases means higher prices.

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Camelcart Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 OS: windows 7 rc	motherboard question How does a motherboard take or support up to 8 mgs of memory when there are only 2 memory slots on the board. Are 4 mg memory sticks available?

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Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,389 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: motherboard question Yes they are, not really common, but you can find 4GB memory sticks, though they usually are very expensive. __________________ memtest86+ \| Hard Drive Diags \| Speed Fan \| Unknown Device Identifier

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Zerggie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England, Nottingham Posts: 15 OS: Windows 7	Re: motherboard question Diffrent boards have diffrent amount of memory slots

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Camelcart Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 OS: windows 7 rc	Re: motherboard question Yes, thanks, its just that I see boards advertised that they take up to 8 mgs and I yet they have only 2 slots, I know different boards more slots.

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Horusrogue Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 333 OS: Windows 7 RC, Slitaz Linux 2.0, Xubuntu PPC	Re: motherboard question Yes. 4 gb sticks exist. I have seen older board with single slots and they say 1 gb max. Back then 1gb was the 8gb of today :P. One stick job. __________________ I troubleshoot problematic intercourse with your computational devices. Last edited by Horusrogue; 10-28-2009 at 12:31 PM.

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,611 OS: Win7	Re: motherboard question http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231300 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,611 OS: Win7	Re: motherboard question Yep it is. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,629 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: motherboard question About a month ago that single 4GB stick was about $100 but DDR2 is taking a steady rise in price. Since 4GB of RAM is plenty there's not much point to the 4GB stick. Lack of purchases means higher prices. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.