RAM Slots

[f.i.t.h]

The motherboard that i'm planing to buy says that it support up to 8GB DDR2
It has 4 slots for ram, 2 Black, 2 Yellow

MoBo: Asus P5K-VM MicroATX

Does this mean that I can put 4 sticks of DDR2?

 

[zaroba]

yes, you can put in 4 sticks of ram.

the slots are color coded for duel channel purposes.
fill both black spots before using any in the yellow slots.

 

[f.i.t.h]

Thanks,
Just want to be sure (don't want to waste money)
I can just chuck 4 DDR2 stick in?

 

[porterjw]

Yes. Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit Operating systems?

 

[f.i.t.h]

It will be 64bit vista

 

[2048Megabytes]

Windows Vista 64-bit is not limited on the 3 gigabyte RAM barrier you will see with Windows XP 32-bit. So if you want the maximum capacity of 8 gigabytes your operating system will recognize it. I wouldn't get over 4 gigabytes of memory as it will very likely not all be utilized and you will be wasting your money.

What processor are you buying to go with this motherboard?

 

[JLV2k5]

How do you know what color to fill first, or does it not matter as long as one entire color before the second?

 

[f.i.t.h]

What processor are you buying to go with this motherboard?

Intel E8400