[SOLVED] Upgrade fx-8150 ram

[cocorota]

I have:

• Fx-8150
• AsRock 990fx extrem 4

I want to upgrade ram. How much ram could I install?

Motherboard lets you install 64gb. But I don't have clear how many modules and how many ram lets you the CPU.

 

[King_V]

Did you try a google search for your motherboard? I typed the following in a google search

ASRock 990fx extreme4

The first result was this page:

ASRock > 990FX Extreme4

Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors; Digi Power, Supports AM3+ Processor, 8-Core CPU; Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2100(OC); Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™; Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI™ and SLI™; 4...

www.asrock.com

On this page, it gives you the specifications of the memory, how many slots, etc.

 

[cocorota]

Yes I did. I was saying that motherboard lets you install up to 64gb. My question was if the CPU may handle that: AMD FX-8150

 

[King_V]

The CPU doesn't limit the RAM.

On the other hand, what are you doing that you are considering more than 16GB of RAM?

 

[cocorota]

Well, right now I have 8gb. I wanted to upgrade and just wanted to know how much could I install. I thought maybe the cpu was limiting somehow but didn't find anything in specs.

So, I can install a lot of memory.

And a couple of questions more. My current RAM is Kingston 1600 2x4 GB. Is it ok if I install two more modules 8Gb? Having a total of 8 + 16 = 24Gb? Is there any problem not being the same type? It's difficult to find the same product.

 

[King_V]

Honestly, I wouldn't do it. Unless you can get used DDR3 RAM very cheap, or nearly free, it's not worth putting any money into this aging platform. Most modern systems for the past 3 or so years have used DDR4 RAM, so whatever extra DDR3 RAM you buy will not be usable if you upgrade in the future.

You can mix and match, although sometimes it will give you trouble with mixed brands. I don't have experience with mixing RAM, though.

What are you using this system for?

 

[Calvin7]

CORSAIR Vengeance LP 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 ...

They don't make 16GB modules yet.

 

[cocorota]

Many thanks for all the answers.

About the purpuse of this machine: I don't use it for gaming. I'm developer and use it to work. I don't have any problems with my usual tools: vscode and intellij. But since some time ago I've been using more and more docker. And some times I think I need more memory.

Why don't I just buy a new machine? I will, I just want to keep operational my old machine. If it's only 80$ then ok, but that's all I want to invest