12 GB DDR3 3x4 GB KIt

[yinan]

Does anyone know where I can get this kit in non ECC form? I am looking for this kit because I need to upgrade one of my ESX 4.0 servers running on a Dell Studio XPS 435 to 12gb and I dont want to waste slots on memory that will be replaced when the system is upgraded to 24 GB. I have looked and all I can find is ECC RAM which it does not support.

Thanks.

 

[yinan]

Never mind found a kit on Newegg, that they didnt have before, but damn 1200 hope it comes down.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Buy 6x2GB for now, prolly way cheaper?

 

[ilkhan]

4GB DIMMS are currently stupid expensive. Unless you have the budget and desire to go straight to 24GB, dont bother. 6x2 is the same amount of memory and a shitload cheaper. If you still want more, later you can grab 3x2, sell 6GB, and keep 18GB.

 

[yinan]

Ya thats what I am thinking now. Damn. To add more capacity to my cluster it is ALMOST cheaper to add another machine at 12 GB. I just have to watch how many network ports I use he he. Each server gets 4 network connections.

 

[bamacre]

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=D3-4G1333S

 

[n7]

Yeah pricing is still insane.

I really wanted 3x4 GB if i went X58, or 2x4 GB would be lovely for P55, but the waiting game...it can be lengthy.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: n7
Yeah pricing is still insane.

I really wanted 3x4 GB if i went X58, or 2x4 GB would be lovely for P55, but the waiting game...it can be lengthy.

Yup, the production just isn't very high on these. And Dell is offering 6x4GB in some of their socket 1366 consumer desktops, and 4x4GB in their new 1156 system, so they are gobbling up a lot of them I imagine.

I was happy to see 1366 boards with 6 dimm slots, for an easy 12GB config, but I'm seeing 4 dimm slots in the 1156 boards, which pretty much limits you to 8GB again. That's fine for most people, sure, but it leaves a few of us disappointed.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yep, I've been waiting too. I ran out of memory on my 6GB system the other day and the offense is too great to bear.

 

[TailsNZ]

There's a Gigabyte UD6 P55 motherboard with 6 RAM slots.

I was originally going to go with i7 920 and 12gb RAM (6 x 2gb) but now I'm thinking i7 860 and 8gb (4 x 2gb). Just curious so I can get a better idea of how much is needed, what did you have open to fill 6gb of memory?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: n7
Yeah pricing is still insane.

I really wanted 3x4 GB if i went X58, or 2x4 GB would be lovely for P55, but the waiting game...it can be lengthy.

Yup, the production just isn't very high on these. And Dell is offering 6x4GB in some of their socket 1366 consumer desktops, and 4x4GB in their new 1156 system, so they are gobbling up a lot of them I imagine.

I was happy to see 1366 boards with 6 dimm slots, for an easy 12GB config, but I'm seeing 4 dimm slots in the 1156 boards, which pretty much limits you to 8GB again. That's fine for most people, sure, but it leaves a few of us disappointed.

One main reason I went with 1366 was for this reason.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: TailsNZ
There's a Gigabyte UD6 P55 motherboard with 6 RAM slots.

I was originally going to go with i7 920 and 12gb RAM (6 x 2gb) but now I'm thinking i7 860 and 8gb (4 x 2gb). Just curious so I can get a better idea of how much is needed, what did you have open to fill 6gb of memory?

I had Photoshop CS4 open with two 24-bit 1200dpi images with layers.

 

[Chaotic42]

Look at the prices for 3x4GB registered DDR3

 

[Idontcare]

Not bad, too bad those are registered dimms though.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Not bad, too bad those are registered dimms though.

Yeah, that's what I don't get. Why are they so cheap?

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Not bad, too bad those are registered dimms though.

Yeah, that's what I don't get. Why are they so cheap?

Because they use low density (cheap) dram IC's, adds more latency (so too do the registers) as you can only have one rank open at a time.

4 Rank Double-sided module

2 Rank Double-sided module

If you want 1 rank dimms then you need high density IC's, which require leading-edge process tech and/or large diesize dram which always carry a price premium in either case because of yields and manufacturing costs at the fab.