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H3nrik V!
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 Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:15 am Post subject: Core i7 first generation memory controllers |
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Hi,
Looking to max out my Core i7-920 build with memory to the maximum 24 GiB. I'm considering buying 8 GiB modules, but all motherboard manuals I've looked at, states a maximum of 4 GiB per module. Is this just because 8 wasn't available at the time it was compiled, or does the memory controller have this limit?
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Wasmachineman_NL
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:16 am Post subject: |
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6x8GB modules should work just fine.
Oh and ditch that ancient 920 for a used Xeon. |
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H3nrik V!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:56 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, had a good shot at some 8GiB sticks - just checking now that they're not SODIMM 
I have a 965 lying at AVICC, and hopefully a 970 in negotiation as well ...  And probably also some Xeon - I just lost overview |
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svmlegacy
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| I've used 6x 8GB unbuffered memory on both Bloomfield (i7-920), and Westmere-EP (Xeon X5670), in a Asus P6X58D Premium |
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H3nrik V!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| It must be the fact that 8 GiB modules didn't exist at launch, that makes Intel state 24 GiB max and several motherboard manufactureres states 4 GiB per memory slot max. |
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