Motherboard supporting 16GB RAM?

[Nomad]

Just been looking at this:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...GA-MA790FX-DQ6

It says 16GB support but crucial.com says 2GB per slot is supported for a total of just 8GB. So who's right?

[Speedy Gonzales]

Well unless you can get 4 GB dimms, you wont get 16 GB, only 8 GB.

[Nomad]

Does that mean its future proof? Meaning in the future I can replace the ram sticks with 4GBs .. should that be available?

I'm not getting it yet .. is 4GB coming soon? Just that 8GB doesn't seem to be a big jump from 4GB ....

[Speedy Gonzales]

Looks like this place

Sells 4 GB ECC ram, BUT as it says on the Gigabyte site, the CPU MUST also support ECC. Otherwise it wont work. But its not cheap

And you have to get a 64 bit mobo and OS

[wainuitech]

4 gb RAM is available now - From one of my Vendors --

4G 256X4 DDR2-667 ECC Registered Samsung

You need DEEEEEEEP pockets though.

[Thebananamonkey]

You can get pretty much anything you want size wise. The only downside to that is you have to actually pay for it. You can get a mac pro with 32GB RAM, but you pay something like 16k for the RAM upgrade alone. It will probably come down, and maybe one day programs are going to use that, but that's quite some future you're proofing against.

[pctek]

Does that mean its future proof? Meaning in the future I can replace the ram sticks with 4GBs ..

Nothing is futureproof.

Yes you could - but - when the price on them drops, who knows what else they'll have out by then? Not to mention CPU support also.........Always a risk buying that sort of thing for future use...........and expensive.

[vitalstatistix]

Does that mean its future proof? Meaning in the future I can replace the ram sticks with 4GBs .. should that be available?

I'm not getting it yet .. is 4GB coming soon? Just that 8GB doesn't seem to be a big jump from 4GB ....

Almost. The current maximum for a Pro desktop is 32GB of RAM (for now) which costs around $18,000 NZ for the cheapest stuff with the right specs.

The only downside to that is you have to actually pay for it. You can get a mac pro with 32GB RAM, but you pay something like 16k for the RAM upgrade alone.

Depending on what you use your computer for, that should actually pay for itself before too long.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9067899

[Nomad]

If not mistaken the 4GB sticks are like $450 .. that's not a lot more than 2x 2GB sticks .. I just might get 1 stick of 4GB and get another in the future .. least it opens leaves the options open ...

[Thebananamonkey]

Surely running 2x2GB on dual channel is faster than 1x4GB on single? I'd stay at 2x2 and upgrade from there... but what are you using it for? More RAM may suit you if you have a special use for it, but otherwise I'd say you're wasting your money.