8GB sticks

Amp34 · 18 Feb 2012 at 17:25

A lot of MBs appear to allow 8GB sticks in their slots and OcUK appear to be selling one kit. Are they going to become more common in the next few months/year before DDR4 comes out? Specifically are there likely to be lots of cheap sticks in the future or will they stay pretty exclusive?

Nightglow · 18 Feb 2012 at 17:39

Corsair announced late last year it was bringing out Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz CL10 (2x8gb), CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10.

See this link: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-313-CS

Very tempted by this, but it's out of stock. :mad:

but search & ye will find.

Amp34 · 18 Feb 2012 at 19:28

That was the set I mentioned in the OP. Rather expensive however, which is why I'm wondering if we will get more available at all price points.

EDIT: Reason I ask is because I have no interest in over clocking any more and want to go as small as possible, m-ITX boards only have two slots though and at the moment that means 8GBs max. I want to know if in the future I'd be easily able to upgrade to 2x8GB sticks rather than 2x4GB sticks.

Arthur17 · 19 Feb 2012 at 22:11

Amp34 said:
Specifically are there likely to be lots of cheap sticks in the future or will they stay pretty exclusive?

8GB DDR3 DIMMs and SO-DIMMs are surprisingly cheap now...

Exceleram Value Series (1x8GB DDR3-1333 DIMM) - £41.99 each
P/N: MEM-DDR3S-E30200A

Corsair Value Select (1x8GB DDR3-1333 SO-DIMM) - £49.67 each
P/N: CMSO8GX3M1A1333C9

All prices include VAT too.

Amp34 · 20 Feb 2012 at 23:25

Interesting, hopefully that means there ill be more full size RAM DIMMs on the way then, I guess there isn't any news of them yet though?

Arthur17 · 21 Feb 2012 at 05:29

Amp34 said:
I guess there isn't any news of them yet though?

Lots!

AData
www.techpowerup.com/154880/A-Data-Intros-8-GB-Premier-DDR3-Modules.html

Corsair
www.techpowerup.com/153061/Corsair-Announces-8GB-DDR3-Memory-Modules.html
www.corsair.com/pressrelease/corsair-announces-8gb-ddr3-memory-modules

Crucial
www.techpowerup.com/151014/New-Crucial-8GB-Memory-Modules-Optimize-Desktop-and-Laptop-Performance.html

G.Skill
www.techpowerup.com/160150/G.Skill-Announces-Ares-Low-Profile-DDR3-Memory-Kits.html
www.gskill.com/products.php?index=424&c1=&c2

KingMax
www.techpowerup.com/160854/KINGMAX-Launches-8-GB-DDR3-Modules-Makes-Affordable-Quad-Channel-Happen.html

Most of the 16GB (2x8GB) and 32GB (4x8GB) kits are designed for Sandy Bridge-E motherboards, but there's nothing stopping you from using them in a P67/Z68 system for example.

Surveyor · 21 Feb 2012 at 08:22

Arthur17 said:
Lots!

...of news.

But very few actually available buy.

Nightglow · 21 Feb 2012 at 09:05

Surveyor said:
...of news.

But very few actually available buy.

Corsair Vengeance is available if you know where to look.

pc_monkey · 21 Feb 2012 at 11:59

slacker timings though, I thought I read somewhere that the slackest timing should be 9-9-9-24, higher than that is not good?

Surveyor · 21 Feb 2012 at 13:13

Nightglow said:
Corsair Vengeance is available if you know where to look.

I didn't say none were available

Amp34 · 22 Feb 2012 at 20:33

pc_monkey said:
slacker timings though, I thought I read somewhere that the slackest timing should be 9-9-9-24, higher than that is not good?

Not a bother for me as I just want something unclocked yet powerful in a small form factor.

Arthur17 · 26 Feb 2012 at 22:45

I wish there was a mini-ITX motherboard with four memory slots...

Komputerbay 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 1,333MHz RAM
P/N: KB_32GB_4X8GB_1333_DIMM_CL9

The RAM above is unbelievably cheap.

Surveyor · 26 Feb 2012 at 22:52

Arthur17 said:
The RAM above is unbelievably cheap.

Perhaps cheap and nasty?

Saundie said:
In case anybody comes across this thread after searching for Komputerbay, my experiences with them have been awful. I purchased 8GB of DDR3 laptop memory (i.e 2 * 4GB SODIMMS) from them for £195. After returning three sets of faulty RAM to them over the course of 6 months, I finally asked for a refund. They complied by sending me £20, claiming that this was because the price of memory had gone down since my original purchase. They offered to let me return the money and have another replacement memory kit sent out. The forth and final kit they sent me was 8GB in a kit of 2 * 4GB DIMMs (not SODIMMS). After that, I gave up.

tl:dr edition; avoid Komputerbay.

Arthur17 · 26 Feb 2012 at 23:17

Thanks, Surveyor. That's really good to know.

KomputerBay sound like an absolute nightmare to deal with if anything goes wrong.