what is the max amount of ram I can put into my advent quad core q6600 desktop pc?

[StFd KillerZz]

I am only 16 and I dont really have the money for a gaming pc at the moment so I was going to upgrade this one and I am running 4gb ram on my current pc the advent q6600 what is the max ram I can put in?

 

[Dylzan]

I believe 4GB is the max you can install, and since I am guessing your OS is 32bit it wouldn't be able to utilise any more than that.

 

[Pinhedd]

I am only 16 and I dont really have the money for a gaming pc at the moment so I was going to upgrade this one and I am running 4gb ram on my current pc the advent q6600 what is the max ram I can put in?

The maximum amount of memory depends on the motherboard, not the microprocessor. Most Core 2 generation motherboards can handle up to 16 GiB, with 8 being a more practical number.

 

[photonboy]

The only upgrade that makes sense likely is the best Video Card you can afford since I'm guessing you want to upgrade to play some games.

If so, and you do have 32-bit Windows (likely XP 32-bit) do NOT get a video card with more than 1GB of Video RAM. The reason is that you can only address 4GB and that includes your System RAM (DDR2 likely) as well as your Video RAM. So if you got a 2GB card you'd only be able to access about 1.8GB of the physically installed 4GB. If it's 64-bit ignore this (unless Vista in which case get an NVidia card since AMD dropped support for Vista).

Your best bet is to spend about $100 on an HD7770 or GTX650.

Examples:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-01gp42650kr
or
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr777oc1gdrev20