[Dejan]

AMD Athlon II X3 Processor 2.9 GHz

Asus M4A785D-M PRO
Chipset AMD 785G, SB710
Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2
Memory DDR2
Speed 1200/1066/800/667MHz
Chip VIA VT1708S 7.1
RAID Ja, RAID 0, 1, 10, JBOD

Atm using 4 gb ram i want to add 2 more gb ram
I have A-Data ram want to buy Corsair

Could anyone tell me how much ram my comp can take?

[bootneck02]

I have just Googled you're Motherboard and it will take up to 16 GB DDR2 RAM

[townsbg]

Part of that depends upon your operating system. If you have XP or either Vista or 7 32-bit then windows will be unable to use more than 4 gb of ram & sometimes it won't even recognize that much. You'll need to install vista or 7 64-bit to use any more. Frankly, for most people I don't see the need in having more than 2 or 3. You would really need to do a lot of heavy computing to consume more than 4 especially if you have 7. Use task manager to watch how much you use & if you don't usually get anywhere near the 4 gb that you have then you really won't be any better off with more.

[Chloe47]

@townsbg: I have used TaskManager, and after maxing out frequently and slowing down due to virtual memory swapping, I increased my 500MB to 2GB (the max I was told my Dell B110 can handle) — and now that doesn't happen AS OFTEN.
I work with spreadsheets and documents using some complicated (not very exotic) features of Excel & Word in Micro$oft's Office 2003 under XP Home SP3.
IFF I could shtup 4GB RAM in my machine, I think I would max out less often, but I would still manage to now and then. So I am not particularly surprised at the base question here.
[And I will try that "Google my motherboard"-thing, but I am not sure I know what to look for related to my CPU.]
Peace — Chloe