Asus RS300-H8-PS12, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware setup 2-8
2.3 System memory
2.3.1 Overview
The motherboard comes with four (4) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory
Modules (DIMM) sockets.
The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
2.3.2 Memory Configurations
You may install 2GB, 4GB and 8GB Unbuffered with ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM
sockets using the memory configurations in this section.
UDIMM
DIMM Slot Per
Channel
DIMM Populated
per Channel
DIMM Type Speed Rank per DIMM
2 1 Unbuffered DDR3 ECC 1333/1600
Single Rank,
Dual Rank
2 2 Unbuffered DDR3 ECC 1333/1600
Single Rank,
Dual Rank
• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is
recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.
• Start installing the DIMMs in slots A2 and B2 (Blue).