One Terabyte of RAM for XP

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James D Andrews said:
Tim Meddick snuck on to your hard drive to scribble:

This rather twisting, turning and yet still somehow on-topic thread brings to mind the question:

What is the current max RAM?

For mobos, the most I've seen is 24GB (either 3x 8GB or 6x 4GB), but I don't work with servers and such. Is 32GB or
larger out there?

Max I'm seeing on Flash Memory Cards or Flash Drives is 128GB.

I'm sure all of this will be doubled soon enough, though. Anyone got more at present?
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Here's one that'll support 192GB of RAM and up to 4 quad-core CPU's:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...ciex8-pcix-2gbe-vid-sas-sata-mbd-x7qc3-0.html

256GB:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...ciex16-2pciex-pcix-gbe-vid-mbd-h8qmi-2-o.html

512GB:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...6-2gbe-video-sata-sas-ipmi-mbd-h8qg6-f-o.html

2TB:
http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8qgi-f-td12~7SUPM3EW.htm

Of course, they are all server boards, but. . .

Wonder how well Call of Duty would run on one of them (assuming the game had support for that much power)?
 
SC said:
Here's one that'll support 192GB of RAM and up to 4 quad-core CPU's:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...ciex8-pcix-2gbe-vid-sas-sata-mbd-x7qc3-0.html


256GB:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...ciex16-2pciex-pcix-gbe-vid-mbd-h8qmi-2-o.html


512GB:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...6-2gbe-video-sata-sas-ipmi-mbd-h8qg6-f-o.html


2TB:
http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8qgi-f-td12~7SUPM3EW.htm

Of course, they are all server boards, but. . .

Wonder how well Call of Duty would run on one of them (assuming the game
had support for that much power)?
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That last one, the "2TB" one, is 512GB max. 32 slots times apparently 16GB registered
DDR3 per slot. With unbuffered DIMMs, it does 32 x 4GB for 128GB total.
Still, pretty good. I bet the registered 16GB DIMMs cost a fortune :-)

http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6100/SR56x0/H8QGi-F.cfm

I got a price here. $784 per 16GB, times 32 = $25K. Now, who
can't afford that ? :-) You get gouged big-time, to get density.

At boot time, that'll take on the order of two minutes for the
BIOS to initialize. As the BIOS typically isn't multithreaded,
and even though there are a shed-load of cores, only one core
runs at BIOS level. I'd hate to be stuck in a reboot loop with
that setup...

Paul
 
Paul said:
That last one, the "2TB" one, is 512GB max. 32 slots times apparently 16GB registered
DDR3 per slot. With unbuffered DIMMs, it does 32 x 4GB for 128GB total.
Still, pretty good. I bet the registered 16GB DIMMs cost a fortune :-)

http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6100/SR56x0/H8QGi-F.cfm

I got a price here. $784 per 16GB, times 32 = $25K. Now, who
can't afford that ? :-) You get gouged big-time, to get density.

At boot time, that'll take on the order of two minutes for the
BIOS to initialize. As the BIOS typically isn't multithreaded,
and even though there are a shed-load of cores, only one core
runs at BIOS level. I'd hate to be stuck in a reboot loop with
that setup...

Paul
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Yep, I missed that part. I saw the "2TB" and assumed. . . And we all knows what happens then :-)

Would be hell testing different BIOS settings at that rate, wouldn't it? Even though the whole thing costs chump change,
I think I'll pass on it just because of that ;-)
 
SC said:
Yep, I missed that part. I saw the "2TB" and assumed. . . And we all
knows what happens then :-)

Would be hell testing different BIOS settings at that rate, wouldn't it?
Even though the whole thing costs chump change, I think I'll pass on it
just because of that ;-)
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Imagine how long one pass of Memtest86+ would take :-)

Paul
 
This rather twisting, turning and yet still somehow on-topic thread
brings to mind the question:

What is the current max RAM?

For mobos, the most I've seen is 24GB (either 3x 8GB or 6x 4GB), but I
don't work with servers and such. Is 32GB or larger out there?
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Intel has high end desktop boards that handle up to 48GB on 6 dimms.
Desktop nemory is now commonly available on 8GB sticks and sever memory
is available on 32GB sticks for lots of $$$$.

Some high end workstation and server multiprocessor boards like some of
those available from Intel, Tyan and Supermicro can handle up to 192GB
of RAM.

John
 
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Ask and ye shall receive and all that. Thanks for the link, Peter. I
was wondering more along the lines of what hardware is being produced
rather than Windows capabilities, but this is good info I appreciate.
I didn't know Win7Pro could support that high.

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that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel
good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
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SC Tom snuck on to your hard drive to scribble:
Here's one that'll support 192GB of RAM and up to 4 quad-core CPU's:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...ciex8-pcix-2gbe-vid-sas-sata-mbd-x7qc3-0.html

256GB:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...ciex16-2pciex-pcix-gbe-vid-mbd-h8qmi-2-o.html

512GB:
http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/...6-2gbe-video-sata-sas-ipmi-mbd-h8qg6-f-o.html

2TB:
http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-h8qgi-f-td12~7SUPM3EW.htm

Of course, they are all server boards, but. . .

Wonder how well Call of Duty would run on one of them (assuming the game had
support for that much power)?
Click to expand...

WOW! Two things I find humorous - that many slots for RAM, multiple
processors, etc. and they're still called Super"Micro," and of course,
the last one listed at "Only $16,926.00" as if it were "Only $9.99" or
such. I don't get out much.

Pretty much blow away Space Invaders

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Paul was thinking very hard and all he could come up with was:
Imagine how long one pass of Memtest86+ would take :-)

Paul
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Now THAT's funny!

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and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be
swept off to.
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John John MVP was thinking very hard and all he could come up with was:
Intel has high end desktop boards that handle up to 48GB on 6 dimms. Desktop
nemory is now commonly available on 8GB sticks and sever memory is available
on 32GB sticks for lots of $$$$.
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I just can't keep up (at least not without pumping out the $$$
constantly).
Some high end workstation and server multiprocessor boards like some of those
available from Intel, Tyan and Supermicro can handle up to 192GB of RAM.

John
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WOW!

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"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."
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James D Andrews said:
WOW! Two things I find humorous - that many slots for RAM, multiple processors, etc. and they're still called
Super"Micro," and of course, the last one listed at "Only $16,926.00" as if it were "Only $9.99" or such. I don't get
out much.

Pretty much blow away Space Invaders
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There was a similar one on one of those pages that was "only" $25K. And I blew it on the 2TB one- it's RAM maxes out at
512GB. That paltry amount of RAM and they STILL want $17K for it? They must be kidding!

The heat produced would probably warm a small house if vented correctly, or bake a batch of cookies in no time. Look how
much you'd save on heating and cooking costs this winter LOL!!!
 
John John MVP was thinking very hard and all he could come up with was:

I just can't keep up (at least not without pumping out the $$$ constantly).
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I know, in a few months all of the information here will be obsolete, again!

John
 
James is apparently confusing Tim with boozercruiser, who asked the
question, not Tim. And he's very likely right about boozercruiser.
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Thank you, Ken. I do know the difference between RAM and disk.
 
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