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    So you got 8 gigs of ram or more? Fun time. RAMdrive time.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bignaz, Aug 25, 2012.

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    maybe but it is not like they are hard to make. the motherboard is only 200-250 bucks. not a horrible price or anything. If it was 500 dollars for a MOBO fair enough but it isn't so most people can make that if they wanted to. That is all I am saying
     
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    The technology is available, but

    is a tad over-optimistic, wouldn't you agree? The vast majority of desktop sales are in Z77 + Ivy Bridge, not X79 + Sandy Bridge E after all.
     
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    X79 supports IB.....
     
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    Maybe in a couple months, but not at the moment. LGA 2011 is still SB-E only for now.
     
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    I have a 1gb ramdisk for my temp storing "good" torrents and temp file(youtube cache/temp unrar etc). But there do have times some installation doesn't like that.
     
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    ...why does everyone keep saying the fact that their system has 32GB means that 64GB is a common setup?

    come on here....you're talking about server parts. you will NEVER convince me that people will easy access to server systems for their home computer. I mean, you just specced me nearly $1K in memory...

    about the fragility comment, people were commenting about the possibility of data corruption from power loss. Its safe to say that its more likely you will forget to charge your laptop than your desktop.
     
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    your original point was the MOBOs didn't exist or were uncommon. They are common. they are not even that expensive. it is a mere 100 dollars more to get that MOBO big woop
     
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    i most definitely never said 8-dimm mobos didn't exist. but they are most definitely NOT common - as in, go to every home and count the number of z68/z77 boards and the number of x79 boards with 8-dimms. the former will SIGNIFICANTLY outnumber the latter.

    I was never at any point talking about availability, simply the number of units sold so far.

    *please, please don't server parts into this. everyone here knows that number of server parts in homes is significantly less that 1%.
     
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    before you made it sound like it wasn't easy to obtain it. my only point is it is not difficult at all to build a motherboard with a X79....why don't people do it? beats me for 100 bucks more or maybe even less depending on the type of system you use might as well in my eyes.
     
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    There are cases where you'd want a RAM drive yes, absolutely, but it's a fine exception as to the norm. Plus X79 motherboard accepts only LGA 2011 chips which limits your selection of CPUs, they are much more expensive CPU's, and are really geared towards the server market not mainstream, not to mention 130W vs 77W/95W. It's not only $100 extra for the motherboard, but hundreds of dollars more for the CPU, more memory means more cost, larger power supply and cooler, and you will need to get Win 7 Pro or Ultimate because Win 7 Home Premium only accepts a maximum of 16GB.
     
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    ^holy crap...i can't believe no one brought up the win7 HP point.
     
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    and I think you're all talking about desktop setups in a laptop forum.
     
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    We are, but it's on topic unless we just all even forget that desktops even exist.
     
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