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It's pretty standard to have 8 slots [1] on motherboards and rarely 16 slots [2] 64 gig DDR4 modules cost ~$300 [3] 128 gig DDR4 server modules can cost as lit
by SethTro 6y ago
It's pretty standard to have 8 slots [1] on motherboards and rarely 16 slots [2]
64 gig DDR4 modules cost ~$300 [3]
128 gig DDR4 server modules can cost as little as ~$800 [4]
8x64 = 0.5 TB of DDR4 ram = 8300 = $2,400
16x128 = 1.5 TB of DDR4 ram = 16800 = $12,800
[1] https://www.amazon.com/TRX40-AORUS-PRO-Fins-Array-Motherboard/dp/B081JCCGQR/?tag=li-org-main-20 https://www.amazon.com/TRX40-AORUS-PRO-Fins-Array-Motherboar...
[2] https://hothardware.com/news/gigabyte-mz31-amd-epyc-7000-motherboard-16-dimm-slots https://hothardware.com/news/gigabyte-mz31-amd-epyc-7000-mot...
[3] https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007611%20601275379 https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007611%20601275379
[4] https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007952%20601324426 https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007952%20601324426
- msbarnett 6y agoThat’s just the RAM cost, though. The threadripper TRX40 platform supports 256GB max RAM, and the epyc you linked tops out at 1TB. Just finding a cpu and mobo that will host 1.5 TB is a multi-thousand dollar expense all on its own.