iMac White 24" Maximum Ram?

[sukanas]

i know the website says 3gb
but like the mac mini

if i put in 2x2gb ram, will it recognize it a little more than 3gig?

 

[sfroom]

I had 2 x 2 GB in my white iMac before I sold it. The computer "recognizes" all 4 GB, which is to say that "about this mac" displays 4GB installed.

Activity monitor also displays 4GB, however, if you add up the "wired"/"active"/"free" etc...the math doesn't add up to 4.

My understanding is that the system will actually address 3.3 GB.

 

[ChrisA]

i know the website says 3gb
but like the mac mini

if i put in 2x2gb ram, will it recognize it a little more than 3gig?

The OS will use not more than 3.3GB .7 will go unused. But I think you gain a little because with matched RAM sticks the system can do double wide memory access, I think the speed gain from that is about 6%

 

[tuxtpenguin]

Like the above posters said, you can put in 4 GB but it will only address roughly 3.3 but the matched pairs will help.