
"The motherboard has several specs that will tell you what the optimal memory component is. There are usually several differences, but they generally fall into these categories:
1.RD RAM, also known as Rambus RAM, is pretty expensive (per megabyte) versus other types of RAM and is generally not used in the consumer market, although you may see it in higher-end motherboards.
2.DDR, DDR2, DDR3 are the more common types of RAM. DDR is an outdated technology. DDR2 is the current standard, but that is slowly being replaced with DDR3. While DDR3 is the latest technology, its performance isn't currently up to par with the top of the line DDR2 (but this will change pretty quickly!)."
"Check your motherboard specs - it should list four important pieces of information:"
"Memory type, which is RDRAM, DDR, DDR2, or DDR3. If it's another type, you've either bought a high-end server motherboard or a really old motherboard.
Memory speed, which is typically represented in MHz. common speeds include 500, 600, 667, 1033, etc...
Memory size, which represents the amount of memory your particular motherboard supports. This is usually represented in GB (Gigabytes) as 1, 2, 3, 4, 16, 32, etc... Currently, 4GB and 8GB are the standard, but 16GB and 32GB standards are not far behind. Number of modules tells you how many sticks of RAM can be used.
Typically a motherboard will hold anywhere from 1 to 4 sticks of RAM (and some high-end server motherboards can support upwards of 32 sticks of RAM!)"
"-But remember,PC will support the maximum memory module size (eg.1 GB,2 GB) as, the maximum capacity the system can take (eg.my motherboard can take maximum 2 GB of ram) divided by, the maximum number of slots (2 DIMM slots in my case)."
"Max. RAM piece = 2 GB/2 slots
Max. RAM piece = 1 GB
So i have connected two 512 MB RAM in my 2 slots. I can connect max. 1 GB (as per calculations) of ram in each slot ( 2 slots), of the 2 GB max. supported by my motherboard."