According to my motherboard manufacturer the max amount of RAM I can use is 8GB. Why am I limited to 8GB? I have only two slots but I know I can buy 2 8GB sticks to get to 16GB and I am running a 64bit processor. What is the hold up? Or put 16GB in it and it will work just fine?
Answer
The limiting factor seems to be chipset support. I couldn't find definite specs for Nvidia nForce 630a, however all other motherboards based on the same chipset support maximum 8GB as well. So, this seems to be a limiting factor in the chipset's memory controller.
Some manufacturers artificially limit the maximum specs of their lower-end chips in order to not cannibalize sales of the higher-end hardware. I'm not claiming that this is definitely the case here, just pointing out that the reason for this limitation is not necessarily technical.
No comments:
Post a Comment