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G73-JH Max RAM

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I have the G73-JH model with the Intel I7-720 processor and was wondering what the max RAM was on it. While this may seem like a rather stupid question, since the information on the G73-JH page clearly states that the max RAM is only 8GB other websites with the same motherboard claim that the motherboard maxes at 16GB of RAM. I was wondering if someone could tell me if the information on the ASUS page is out of date or not, so I'll know if I am wasting my money on the extra RAM or not.

Note: I'm well aware that the RAM in my computer probbably isn't my bottleneck, all the same I would like to know if the RAM would work in my computer.
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jorlanm
Level 7
the spec says 16GB max...But like Alienware that has 4 mem slots that says it will support 32GB...so Im pretty sure the JH JW SW SX models will support 32GB as well..
-ASUS ROG G73SW-3DE-
-Intel Core i7-2630QM Mobile Quad Processor
-Intel HM65 Express Chipset +ICH10
-17.3" 1920x1080 120Hz Anti-Glare Matte Screen
-nVidia GeForce GTX 460m 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
-nVidia 3D Vision Active Shutter Glasses
-Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0
-THX TruStudio
-8GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (Max 32GB)
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FlyingFalcon
Level 7
has anyone tried putting in more than 16gb ram? Do you get single 8gb ram sticks?
Asus G53JW-A1 | Intel® Core™ i7-740 1.73-2.93GHz| 8GB RAM | NVidia GTX460M | 750GB@7200rpm | 15.6'' 1920x1080

Toshiba Satellite A500-134 | Intel® Core2Duo™ P8700 2.53GHz| 4GB RAM | ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4650 | 500GB@5400rpm | 16.0" 1366 x 768

Toshiba NB100-111 | Intel® Atom™ processor N270 1.6GHz | 1GB RAM | Mobile Intel® GMA 950 | 120GB@5400rpm | 8.9" 1024 x 600

Toshiba Satellite Pro L100 (5 years old and still works fine!!!)

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8GB sticks are obscenely expensive but should be on market already and, according to intel specs, the memory controller from the cpu should be able to deal with them.
So yea, 32Gb mite be useable provided you use the appropriate OS as in x64 W7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate. Home Premium for example is limited to 16GB ram.

Chastity
Level 10
You should be able to use 8GB sticks with i7 units, not i5.
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Memory specs are the same. The only difference is max frequency which is 1333 for i7 and 1066 for i5
http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=49024,50179,

manu72 wrote:
Memory specs are the same. The only difference is max frequency which is 1333 for i7 and 1066 for i5
http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=49024,50179,



According to that page, my G73SW-A1 shouldn't have 16GB and have 25 GB/s memory speeds, but it does. 🙂

I'm just trying to say that specs and limits have changed since they made the data in that database.
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FlyingFalcon
Level 7
But isn't 32gb overkill?
Asus G53JW-A1 | Intel® Core™ i7-740 1.73-2.93GHz| 8GB RAM | NVidia GTX460M | 750GB@7200rpm | 15.6'' 1920x1080

Toshiba Satellite A500-134 | Intel® Core2Duo™ P8700 2.53GHz| 4GB RAM | ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4650 | 500GB@5400rpm | 16.0" 1366 x 768

Toshiba NB100-111 | Intel® Atom™ processor N270 1.6GHz | 1GB RAM | Mobile Intel® GMA 950 | 120GB@5400rpm | 8.9" 1024 x 600

Toshiba Satellite Pro L100 (5 years old and still works fine!!!)

FlyingFalcon wrote:
But isn't 32gb overkill?


Yes. Most of the things that can utilize that much memory are also very CPU intensive. A laptop CPU just couldn't keep up with those use cases. Still, it's nice to have a theoretical limit far above what you'll ever use just so that you know it will never be an issue.
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