When looking at memory kits, there are three key elements to consider: capacity, speed, and latency. We’re going to take a look at capacity first, as it tends to be the biggest deciding factor when choosing your RAM. Industry regulation from standardisation body JEDEC (more on that later) means that memory only comes in certain multiples: 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, and so on, doubling each time.
For consumer use, the standard maximum capacity of DDR4 chips is 1GB, due to limitations in transistor size, although a theoretical 2GB per chip is possible, so the largest commonly available capacity per DIMM slot is 32GB. 64GB sticks are available, but not for general consumer use; they’re more likely to be found in server farms. With a motherboard supporting full memory capacity, the current…
