over 32gb wanter

kelog · 27 Feb 2013 at 18:23

does any one know if there is a amd 3+ m board with 8 dim slots or if it is just intel

lee32uk · 27 Feb 2013 at 18:30

I think it is only the Socket 2011 intel boards that have 8 dimm slots. Not seen any amd ones.

kelog · 27 Feb 2013 at 18:33

i had a bad feeling about that really wanted more ram (like making ram disks) does anyone know of any 16gb sticks guess that would be the only way is it will work

Armageus · 27 Feb 2013 at 18:38

Don't think there will be any standard 16gb sticks, although maybe there are am3 workstation class boards that take ecc/reg ddr3 which does come in 16gb capacities. Don't know as not looked into it recently - might just be for opterons

zakblood · 27 Feb 2013 at 18:53

and cost is too high for them as well, and yes i have looked, i have 16gb but would love a load more, my board will fit 32gb, but many don't, and ram drives are great

so keep looking or change your board/cpu

PhillyDee · 27 Feb 2013 at 20:59

If running Windows 7, you will need professional or better:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx

bru · 27 Feb 2013 at 21:06

I know the Intel Sandybridge and Ivybridge chips only support 32GB, but i have no idea about the AMD Intel chips. But I wouldn't be surprised if you need an opertron or dual sockets for more.

Armageus · 28 Feb 2013 at 09:26

Armageus said:
Don't think there will be any standard 16gb sticks, although maybe there are am3 workstation class boards that take ecc/reg ddr3 which does come in 16gb capacities. Don't know as not looked into it recently - might just be for opterons

Have just looked into this, and although some AM3+ boards support ECC (e.g. Asus Sabertooth 990FX - it is only unbuffered ECC which is still only available up to 8Gb/Stick).

You would need to move to a platform Xeon/Opteron that supports ECC/Registered, which at present you can get in 16Gb and 32Gb Sticks (e.g. 4 slots = 64Gb or 128Gb)