Please recommend 32GB DDR3 sticks for my Gigabyte mobo

Chevy-SS

Chevy-SS

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I have a 10-year old Gigabyte mobo GA-H87-D3H, running Win 7 Pro 64-bit. It is a great computer for my uses (no gaming). But only has 8GB RAM in one stick. I would like to upgrade to 32GB RAM, but unsure of exactly what parts to order. Should I get 2 sticks of 16GB, or 4 sticks of 8GB? And I'm confused about all the tech numbers and acronyms. I'm a car guy, not a computer whiz. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!!

Link to main Gigabyte web site info on the mobo here: https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-H87-D3H-rev-1x#ov

Couple of pics with info:
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IIRC DDR3 desktop DIMMs never went higher than 8 GB, so if you need 32 GB total what GoldenTiger said.

Though 32 GB seems like a lot if you're not gaming or doing anything like audio/video, graphics, etc. that chews through RAM. Basic web/internet and office-type stuff needs no more that 16 GB. Maybe just buy another single 8 GB DIMM and save some cash?
 
GoldenTiger said:
EDIT: Get 4x 8gb ddr3-1600 sticks and be happy :).
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BlueLineSwinger said:
IIRC DDR3 desktop DIMMs never went higher than 8 GB, so if you need 32 GB total what GoldenTiger said.

Though 32 GB seems like a lot if you're not gaming or doing anything like audio/video, graphics, etc. that chews through RAM. Basic web/internet and office-type stuff needs no more that 16 GB. Maybe just buy another single 8 GB DIMM and save some cash?
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Yes to both of these. Looking at the support page on the motherboard it supports a max of 32GB, which would indicate the largest single DIMM would be 8GB. 16GB DIMMs will more than likely be unsupported.
 
Dopamin3 said:
Yes to both of these. Looking at the support page on the motherboard it supports a max of 32GB, which would indicate the largest single DIMM would be 8GB. 16GB DIMMs will more than likely be unsupported.
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Some desktop & HEDT boards have support for non-standard and expensive DDR3 16GB DIMMs, but other than that it's max 8GB per DIMM. I have an old Socket 2011 board that will support those non-standard DIMMs, but they're so expensive I'd be better off just getting a new proc, board and ram. I built a new main rig years ago, but I still have that old socket 2011 rig around, mostly because it has 64GB ram and is still a useful test mule for certain types of programming stuff.

At any rate on a DDR3 machine just fill all the slots with 8GB DIMMs.
 
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