AMD A4 6300 memory

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Bought this CPU very cheap OEM for a low budget HTPC; anyone know the max RAM it supports i can't find it anywhere?
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2
CPU: A4 6300,

 

[Grantmacintosh1]

You will be able to install up to 64GB of DDR3 RAM in that board. In saying that, two 32GB sticks of DDR3 RAM will cost a lot more than the cost of both the CPU and Motherboard and is unnecessary. I would recommends two 8GB DDR3 1333 - 2400MHz sticks in that board.

The CPU contains the Northbridge on AMD APUs, and and controls the RAM compatibility. As AMD are not the best at providing information regarding RAM compatibility, I would stick with 1866MHz and under RAM modules.

 

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You will be able to install up to 64GB of DDR3 RAM in that board. In saying that, two 32GB sticks of DDR3 RAM will cost a lot more than the cost of both the CPU and Motherboard and is unnecessary. I would recommends two 8GB DDR3 1333 - 2400MHz sticks in that board.

The CPU contains the Northbridge on AMD APUs, and and controls the RAM compatibility. As AMD are not the best at providing information regarding RAM compatibility, I would stick with 1866MHz and under RAM modules.

Thanks a lot! I was hoping i wouldn't have to settle for some shoddy DDR2 sticks (though i do have a couple floating around) 8GB DDR3 1333MHz will be more than enough for this system . On a side note 32GB sticks are hard to come by, if it at all available, for desktop PCs so it's not really an option.

 

[Grantmacintosh1]

Ahh, a fellow enthusiast! I only mentioned the 64GB capability as as side note 🙂