Can x58 motherboards accept 12gb of RAM?

magick · 21 Oct 2008 at 14:54

Can the new X58 motherboards accept 12GB of ram in 6x2GB sticks? Also would xp/vista32 still work with 12GB of ram?

Rroff · 21 Oct 2008 at 15:02

32bit OS would still work - you just wouldn't see more than 2-3.5gigs of RAM.

magick · 23 Oct 2008 at 08:53

ok thanks.

nightmare99 · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:32

The boards themselves should accept upto 24Gb providing the have 6 slots.

PaulyD · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:17

I know Vista 64 can take upto 128GB of RAM

Happy · 23 Oct 2008 at 14:24

PaulyD said:
I know Vista 64 can take upto 128GB of RAM

Only ultimate and the business one

Home basic 64bit is 8GB
Home Premium 64bit is 16GB