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This motherboard holds 32 gigs of ram. Do I need to use 32?

post #1 of 4
11/10/12 at 9:24am
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So I was thinking about getting the Biostar TZ77XE4 motherboard for my computer and noticed that it could have 32 gigs of ram.

Do I need to fill all 32 gigs?

If not should I go with 4 4gigabyte or 2 8 gigabyte for a 16 gb system?
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post #2 of 4
11/10/12 at 9:28am
32gb is the maximum it can hold not the amount you need, go with 2x 8gb's you never really want to occupy all 4 dimm''s as that would hinder overclocking potential and would put more stress on the memory controller aswell affect stability of your computer.
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11/10/12 at 9:29am
No, you do not need to max out the ram. I would get 8GB x2 for 16GB. Not sure if this is an issue with Ivy Bridge, but Sandy Bridge had OCing problems when all memory slots were populated.
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11/10/12 at 10:54am
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