4GB Crucial DDR4 2400 $29.99 AR

[cbn]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...48&CatId=11628

$20 rebate ends 3/28/2015.

Lowest price I have seen yet for DDR4.

 

[cbn]

X99 motherboards start at $144.79 AR (although the entry Asrock only has 6 phase power):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rchResult=True

Now if only some company would put the Xeon E5-1620 V3 (4T/8T @ 3.5/3.6 with 10MB cache, 40 PCIe lanes, 140 watt TDP) on sale X99 begins to look somewhat affordable.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Now if only some company would put the Xeon E5-1620 V3 (4T/8T @ 3.5/3.6 with 10MB cache, 40 PCIe lanes, 140 watt TDP) on sale X99 begins to look somewhat affordable.

http://ark.intel.com/products/82763/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1620-v3-10M-Cache-3_50-GHz

Interestingly, perhaps, is that that Xeon CPU does NOT support "Intel Flex Memory Access".

Did the socket 1366 Xeons support it?

So, in the context of 2011-3, does that mean that one has to buy an x4 kit of DDR4, and fill all banks? Or even fill all memory slots on the board altogether? I guess no mixing DIMMs of different sizes either.

 

[13Gigatons]

8GB for $100 - $30MIR = $70

I wonder if the price will go any lower in the next 12 months?

 

[mrrman]

Didnt even know DDR4 was out yet lol

 

[cbn]

http://ark.intel.com/products/82763/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1620-v3-10M-Cache-3_50-GHz

Interestingly, perhaps, is that that Xeon CPU does NOT support "Intel Flex Memory Access".

Did the socket 1366 Xeons support it?

So, in the context of 2011-3, does that mean that one has to buy an x4 kit of DDR4, and fill all banks? Or even fill all memory slots on the board altogether? I guess no mixing DIMMs of different sizes either.

That is a really good question.

As far as I can tell, not having the Flex Memory Access would mean these chips cannot operate in dual channel, triple channel or quad channel if the DIMMs are different sizes.

However, 2 x 4GB should still work in dual channel.