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| 707637 | 2008-09-25 04:55:00 | are there any retail/online stores in NZ that sell 4GB sticks of ram? everythign on pricespy seems to be 2x2GB kits and even a few 4x1GB kits. im building a friend a computer, mobo supports 16GB ram, he wants to be able to upgrade in future, so a 4GB stick seems perfect. |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 707638 | 2008-09-25 05:11:00 | I have no idea, but I didn't see any when I looked just now. Why not use 2x2GB? (Then he can have dual channel which will be faster) Who even needs 16GB? or has an operating system to handle it? Even Crysis doesn't need 16GB of RAM |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 707639 | 2008-09-25 05:34:00 | Who even needs 16GB? or has an operating system to handle it? Even Crysis doesn't need 16GB of RAM Many servers these days are quite capable of using all 16GB, and most of these will be running 64bit Linux / UNIX, which is more than capable of addressing it all. The benefits of this much ram are particularly noticible in fileservers, static webservers, and especially systems serving large databases. The more you can cache in memory, the less you have to resort to expensive disk seek operations. Write caching also provides a huge performance boost. Virtual machines are another easy way to burn through that much memory. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 707640 | 2008-09-25 05:47:00 | Heres (www.playtech.co.nz) a 16GB kit of 4x 4GB modules. Many servers these days are quite capable of using all 16GB, and most of these will be running 64bit Linux / UNIX, which is more than capable of addressing it all. Wouldn't you want ECC memory for a server though? |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 707641 | 2008-09-25 05:53:00 | Wouldn't you want ECC memory for a server though?Nope, many servers don't bother with it - too expensive. It's often cheaper to write software that can cope with the (very) occasional error. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 707642 | 2008-09-25 06:23:00 | Ok the only servers I've really dealt with are old ones using ECC, or new standard desktops thrust into the job as a server. I presumed that decent servers would still use it even with the price premium. Thanks for clarifying that. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 707643 | 2008-09-25 06:46:00 | Many servers these days are quite capable of using all 16GB, and most of these will be running 64bit Linux / UNIX, which is more than capable of addressing it all. The benefits of this much ram are particularly noticible in fileservers, static webservers, and especially systems serving large databases. The more you can cache in memory, the less you have to resort to expensive disk seek operations. Write caching also provides a huge performance boost. Virtual machines are another easy way to burn through that much memory. Of course I knew that, what I meant was why should this person have 16GB? From the first post, there is no mention of building a server (and it's probably unlikely this is the situation) Anyone who wants a server with 16GB of memory running Unix probably isn't going to get their friend to build it for them. I'm guessing (and yes I know I may be wrong) but I expect the PC in question will be a normal desktop |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 707644 | 2008-09-25 08:27:00 | I wonder how long it will be before 4GB of Ram is the minimum? PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
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