G.SKILL 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

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chaparral

chaparral

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Location
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Brand G.SKILL
Model F2-6400CL6Q-16MQ
Type 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Tech Spec
Capacity 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Speed DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas Latency 6
Timing 6-6-6-18
Voltage 1.8V
Heat Spreader Yes
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts Lifetime limited
Labor Lifetime limited

How long has 4GB per memory stick off DDR2 been out ??? :confused:
 
so much memory so little do with it all, I remember how proud I was when I first upgrade to 16MB of RAM, A much needed boost for th almighty Pentium 100Mhz.

Ah the old days of fish bole monitors, windows 95 and Quake
 
looks like it's going to be over £1000..

I always have a gut feeling that there's a point when a CPU is swamped with memory.. that is the bandwidth means it can't process enough to make the amount of memory viable (even with 4 cores on a single bus).. a bit like you in a library..

I don't think that a single C2D for example would really use 16GB. Maybe QC.. but 2xQC would be better on that amount of memory in my opinon.
 
For general home-purposes there isn't much point in 16Gb memory. For some scientific applications, though, you need all the memory you can get. We have some double-processor quad-core machines in the office, which take 32Gb DDR2 memory (8*4Gb modules). We also have people who create meshes so big that they fill this memory and still hose the swapfile on the HDD :p
 
Wasn't there a 16GB kit on the store a bit ago (DDR2-5300) that was similarly ridiculously priced?

I know the jump from 2GB kits to 4Gb kits was sortof needed in the current climate of 64-bit OS's, but 16GB is just silly!
 
I wonder how long until this is the norm?? I've been building 3-4 years and when I started people thought 1GB was overkill, then 2GB became the norm, now 4GB.. can't be long, 12-18 months?? 2 years max for 16GB being pretty commonplace I'd say.
 
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