Kelly Harding wrote:
In theory at least Debian will support the limits of the kernel
version it uses. So it is a bit subjective really.
IIRC, only the latest X58 chipsets (for desktop consumer PCs) support
upto either 16Gb or 32Gb of RAM (forget which),
and the P3x chipsets only support upto 8Gb, with the P45 supporting
upto 16Gb. IIRC Intel laptop chipsets are derived from
their desktop counterparts to some extent.
Even though a motherboard can support upto 16Gb+ of ram, with most
only having 4 slots, it'd be rather difficult/expensive to fill it
so 8Gb is the realistic limit in terms of cost.
X58 and Core I7 socket 1366 has six sockets --- three channels --- so it
supports 2 to 24 GB of DDR3. My ASUS P6T series and GigaByte EX58-UD*
series boards support 24 GB, if one cares to pay the premium on 4 GB
memory modules.
I can't speak to laptops, but I think you are correct; there, the mobile
version of the chipset, I think, supports only 2 channels, so 8 or 16 GB
would be the limit.
MArk Allums
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