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Old 07-17-2010, 11:29 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe View Post
9GB would be normal on an i7 system - it’s a triple channel memory configuration, so you install RAM in multiples of 3. Assuming the motherboard has 3 slots per channel, it makes sense. I don’t know how many slots most i7 mobo’s have - I haven’t seen too many, unfortunately.
Yeah, I know. I have built several Core i7 machines. Most i7 boards have 6 memory slots, which makes it impossible to get 9GB of ram. I guess whatever he is getting has 9 slots full of 1GB chips? I didn't even think you could buy 1GB anymore.

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