RAM Help
RAM Help
Gigabyte, Asus, and MSI appeared to be the primary options, yet I doubt uncore memclk ratios matter unless you specifically need ECC support.
I'm looking into purchasing a couple of w3520 or w3565 chips. My main interest is in ECC RAMs just for some fun overclocking projects. I'm curious if the board will be a bottleneck and can't handle those 2RX4 or 1RX4 sticks with lots of I/O, only normal 1RX8 or 2RX8 ones work. The aim is to build some crazy overclocks and maybe upgrade the hardware controller for some humorous reasons. I want to run 3000+ DDR3 on a Nehalem with ECC modules, but it seems like adding those sticks makes things even more frustrating. I'm thinking about swapping in high-density or high-speed I/O if they use 1Gb or 2Gb interfaces.
It seems there are no restrictions on using 2Rx4 modules. The challenge lies in the boards not automatically reducing memory speed when handling large amounts of RAM, which could cause memory training to fail if you attempt high-density configurations like 6×4Rx4 DIMMs without a top-tier controller.
basically you can run straight up to ECC ramps and it’ll work. Even the 2x4 ones are fine, so the board isn’t the real limiter. That’s great for the planned ECC overclocking and the 300% DDR3 overclock—essentially 1066 binned sticks clocked at 3200. If I can find an 800 binned DDR3 that could become a 400% DDR3 OC, it would help. With consumer gear, I’m stuck finding low-quality non-Hynix OEM RAM, which would be a big hassle. I also have another OC plan involving server-registered ECC DDR3 (1x4 2x4) and I’m thinking X79 might work as long as I’m using a Xeon. I’m especially looking at 1Gb DRAM or high-speed Hynix 1Gb sticks—they should handle those high clocks.