16gb SODIMMS, When will they be here?

where did you see the price ? $600 for 2 module 32gb not too bad considering 4 module 32gb is $450

 

It was mentioned some time ago when twmemphis was posting. Could always try that mail link I posted earlier if interested, to get the latest prices.

 

The price is still going to be lamely absurd... Hopefully in about 5 years from now, we can buy these modules for the price we pay for a current 8GB module (P.S: On a similar price level and not same price lol)..

 

I doubt it, it's pretty much 5 years from the time when the 4GB DDR2 modules were announced and the prices are relatively low as of now, but not cheap, and they never were cheap. Not to mention the price spike a year or a bit more ago, when (I guess) a lot of users decided to upgrade their DDR2 machines and the 2x4GB kits were North of 200 euros!!!

 

RAM has gone expensive recently???
I got DDR3 2x4GB kit for 40$ in 2011. Now they are about 70$.

 

yes but at that price point you might as well just get 1x 8gb and leave yourself some upgrading room in the future. It happens with all ram, ddr, ddr2, and now I'm sure ddr3, but that seems earlier than normal as ddr4 hasn't even come out yet. I also think when you bought in 2011 was the bottom of the market so it's always going to seem expensive to you. I think I got 8gb x2 for $70 sometime then, should have stocked up then.

 

yup, that's the logical choice now in 2014.
Back then 8GB sticks were just entering the market and crazy expensive.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8776/arm-challinging-intel-in-the-server-market-an-overview/2

"The weak points are the limited memory channels (bandwidth), the fact that Xeon E3 server is limited to eight threads, and the very limited (for a server) 32GB RAM capacity (4 Slots x 8 DIMMs).Intelligent Memoryor I'M is one of the vendors that is trying to change this. Unfortunately their 16GB DIMMs will only work with the Atom C2000, leading to the weird situation that the Atom C2000 supports more memory than the more powerful Xeon E3. We'll show you our test results of what this means soon."

I happen to stumble upon this tidbit of information while reading this Anandtech ARM server article and thought you'd want to see it.

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For more info, take a look at my post: http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...-2x16gb-not-yet-being-sold-3.html#post9883341

 

Crucial has 16GB low-density modules: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ddr3-...49;-2048meg-x-64---149;--p-ct2kit204864bf160b
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1170906-REG/crucial_ct2kit204864bf160b_32gb_2_x_16gb.html
Who's going to pull the trigger

 

Very tempting at that price - but, I'll only buy/try them when they're available locally. At that point, they may be slightly cheaper and, if they work (I usually take along a representative mobile platform with me to test with - just test for BIOS, bootup and O/S navigation at this point in time - I buy whatever stock my local supplier has on hand.

 

Those modules are bound to be ridiculously expensive, like 4GB DDR2 SO-DIMMs were (and still are, regarding what you get). Still, I wish they'd work with Haswell, 20GB RAM on T734 would have been so frakking nice!

 

Wonder if there using Micron. Send a couple my way and I'll test them for you.

 

Should be, after all crucial is Micron's consumer brand. That's my brand of choice BTW.

There's a local seller here, I wonder if I should ask if I can try. I wonder because I don't have the money to spend on them, even if I had, I have more important things to do/get before those rather expensive modules.

I hope that they'll drop in price a bit, it's all up to compatibility. As it was with 4GB DDR2, high-density modules (4 chips per side, 8 per bank), were less compatible than low-density ones (8 chips per side, 16 per bank). So I hope it would be the case again, but I really don't know how the addressing issue affects the compatibility and if the density matters at all.

 

triturbo, you should ask them for review samples. Definitely worth a try, worst case scenario they simply refuse.

 

+1

Possibly would work for Broadwell. Haswell may or may not work but most likely needs a BIOS mod to even try. Running fake 16GB DIMM on Ivybridge 3770k showed addressing issues so probably a lost cause there except for X79. Micron have had those modules for a while (samples not production) and are monolithic unlike the Intelligent ones.

 

Hmm... second link shows that you can buy 32GB kit (2x16GB) for 400+$ yet you can buy 1x16GB for just 180+$. Sounds like a nobrainer but only if the quality pass is really good there.

 

If/when O/C'ing your RAM, a 32GB Kit may be superior in stability and ultimate performance and compatibility over buying separate 1x16GB modules.

In my experience thought, the best price (whether that is 2x8GB or 2, 1x8GB kits) is the best deal and hasn't affected stability or performance in my systems. But, I also don't O/C either...

And, I also upgrade both SoDimms to identical model and capacities too. I do not think I have ever left the original RAM installed while adding another in the last two decades or so.

 

Good call (for mobile). They'll probably be most popular when DDR4 hits.