Asus P9X79 - Manual (Page 23)

ASUS P9X79 2-5
Chapter 2
Recommended memory configurations
2.2.3 System memory
The motherboard comes with eight Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules
(DIMM) slots.
A DDR3 module is notched differently from a DDR or DDR2 module. DO NOT install a DDR
or DDR2 memory module to the DDR3 slot.