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ricko_uk:
Hi,
I have a few years old PC which uses the memory shown in the pictures. The strange-ish thing (compared to what I am used to form when I was assembling PCs) is that it only has 3 slots instead of 3. All three slots are full with the memory shown in the picture.

I want to expand is as much as possible but:

1) not sure how much it can take. How can I find that out?
2) what type I should order and what are full specs? By looking at the label in the picture it shows 2Gb DDR3 240 pins. Is that the correct interpretation? What about parity and other features expecially considering it only has 3 slots (if that matters)?

Thank you

oPossum:
What CPU does it have???  3 slots of DDR3 could be socket 1366 (Core i7-900 / Xeon X5500 / Xeon X5600). That is more than a few years old!

That module may be DDR3-800 (aka PC3-6400), unbuffered (not registered), no ECC. That is the second slowest speed grade of DDR3 "desktop RAM"

You can find what CPU and RAM (as reported by SPD) your system has with CPU-Z  https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Halcyon:
3 slots isn't unusual, it just means the board will only support a single RAM channel.

Psi:
Chances are pretty high it will take 8GB DDR3 chips but 16GB might be pushing it.

However, if it's a branded 'business' PC,  like HP/COMPAQ/DELL  with oddball hardware then you can run into problems with ram compatibility.
Sometimes they will lock the bios so it only works with specific types of ram to force you to buy ram from them.

Jeroen3:
Triple channel was a thing when LGA 1366 was introduced.
This PC was probably shipped with 6 GB memory maximum, or 12GB but that would have costs $300+

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