How many RAM slots?

How many RAM slots does a normal mobo have? Not the 3-way SLI ones. This is what im getting and ive seen pictures of it, the colored slots for the GPU's and the other slots for RAM? I only see three blue slots that look like a RAM stick would fit in, what are the other two white slots?

It is a MSI P7N 750i SLI, Ive seen pictures of 780i mobo's with one more of the longer slots...

The RAM goes in the orange and green slots. The blues PCIe slots are for the GPU(S) and the white slots are good ol PCI slots for just about every other card out there.

Most boards today have 4 slots though, some have 2, some 3, and some have even more.

orange tube? those are copper heatpipes for better heat transfermike4realz

Why does the MSI version only have it?

[QUOTE="mike4realz"]orange tube? those are copper heatpipes for better heat transferISuperGamerI

Why does the MSI version only have it?

A lot of motherboards, and CPU HSF, are using heatpipes nowadays.

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[QUOTE="mike4realz"]orange tube? those are copper heatpipes for better heat transferch5richards

Why does the MSI version only have it?

A lot of motherboards, and CPU HSF, are using heatpipes nowadays.

I dont think my Asus 750i has that heatpipe or perhaps its it looks different.

Yeah, it seems Asus's 750i does not use heat pipes, but the eVGA does, as does another MSI. My Asus X38 and eVGA 780i use heatpipes.

It is a pretty neat technology, they are filled with a liquid that turns to gas when heated to help dissipate the heat quicker.