8GB RAM Modules

[John P. Myers]

World's first 8GB module (http://www.legitreviews.com/news/11037/)

[rgathright]

World's first 8GB module (http://www.legitreviews.com/news/11037/)

I have had my eyes on these for a long time now.

While it is good news that they are beginning to make these, 1333 Mhz is honestly... pathetic. :((

The new AMD Bulldozer cpus will come with 1600 Mhz DDR3 support this year and the new A8's already can use 1866 Mhz!

[Fire$torm]

WoW, cool sh!t :P

I'm just a little irked because my Dell X58 system is triple channel but only supports a max of 12GB :(
Not that I could afford a 24GB Triple Channel kit even if........

[zombie67]

I am obviously missing something. What is new about an 8gb DDR3 1333 DIMM?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007952%20600006050%20600006074&IsNodeId=1&name=8GB

[joker]

Non ECC and non Registered maybe??? I don't know for sure.

[YoDude9999]

I am obviously missing something. What is new about an 8gb DDR3 1333 DIMM?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007952%20600006050%20600006074&IsNodeId=1&name=8GB

On your link, I notice that all but one of the sticks are touted as "server memory". The one at the very bottom states it as "desktop memory' yet even further down, the Crucial memory is advertized as "server memory". In all honesty, I dunno if that makes any difference or not as I've never tried server memory in any of my computers. I'm thinking though that none of my MBs support ECC or buffering, or at least, I'm pretty sure anyway.

[Fire$torm]

I am obviously missing something. What is new about an 8gb DDR3 1333 DIMM?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007952%20600006050%20600006074&IsNodeId=1&name=8GB

First Single Stick 8GB DDR3 Memory Module.

So 3 of these would give you 24GB of RAM.

[zombie67]

First Single Stick 8GB DDR3 Memory Module.

So 3 of these would give you 24GB of RAM.

The link I posted shows single stick 8GB DDR3 Memory Modules.

[Fire$torm]

The link I posted shows single stick 8GB DDR3 Memory Modules.

Correct. JPM's post is for Consumer Non-ECC (As in not server) RAM. Not sure if there will much of a price difference, at least for the first six months of production.

[zombie67]

Correct. JPM's post is for Consumer Non-ECC (As in not server) RAM. Not sure if there will much of a price difference, at least for the first six months of production.

So the only difference is ECC vs. non-ECC? Seems like that is just de-featuring something already shipping. I guess what I am asking, is why is it just now shipping, and why is this news?

[Fire$torm]

So the only difference is ECC vs. non-ECC? Seems like that is just de-featuring something already shipping. I guess what I am asking, is why is it just now shipping, and why is this news?

From my retail experience, I would say the delay to market was to keep the other DDR3 non ECC mem prices inflated. Fewer choices usually correlates with higher price points. Also for a time DDR3 market penetration was slow. Not until Intel's X58 chipset, i.e. Core i7, i5 and i3, gained market share did DDR3 sales show a significant increase. For reference see DDR3 Development and market penetration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddr3#Development_and_market_penetration) from Wikipedia.com.

[Mumps]

Actually, my experience has usually been that ECC has normally been interchangeable with non-ECC in most systems. For servers, if the memory is ECC, it will take advantage of it, but some can live without if not. For Consumers, the non-ECC aware motherboard simply ignores that "9th bit"... ECC memory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_memory)

It's that "Registered" attribute that doesn't allow the DIMMs to be used on a Motherboard that doesn't support it... Registered memory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory).

In any case, I'm with Zombie67 on this one. I don't see what's so special about this particular manufacturers release that allows them to make that "first" claim, unless it's simply that 1333Mhz claim... (Heck, I've been installing 2 stick 16 Gig 667Mhz DDR3 kits in servers at work now for over a year.)

[John P. Myers]

Even though this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148436) claims to be desktop memory in the title, it's still ECC registered server memory, if you look at the details. I'm guessing it's the release of consumer RAM, as was already mentioned, the same way AMD released their bulldozer design on server chips first. More importantly, non-ECC, non-registered RAM tends to be noticably cheaper.