3 ms·

I have the N6005 variant but haven't tried with 32Gb, because Intel specifically lists 16Gb as the maximum memory in the processor specifications: https://ark.i

I have the N6005 variant but haven't tried with 32Gb, because Intel specifically lists 16Gb as the maximum memory in the processor specifications: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/212327/intel-pentium-silver-n6005-processor-4m-cache-up-to-3-30-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/212327/... FWIW, I'm not using it as bare OS firewall. Instead, it's running Debian with pfSense in a VM with 2 passthrough NICs (though I'm considering replacing Debian with Proxmox).

zamadatix 4y ago
Very often for the lower end consumer CPUs those spec sheet max RAM numbers are just what they've validated works reliably with most RAM modules not the actual limit. Oftentimes it works fine with the right modules, other times it says it works but if you test it it won't, and other times it's the actual hard cap of what it can support in which case you'll get something from works but doesn't recognize the second module to doesn't boot at all. It sounds like this one might fall into either the "doesn't work right" case or the "only works right with certain modules" case. It could also just be strain on the memory controller and need to be either slower RAM or ultra fast RAM that will cap out at a much lower than rated speed in the box instead of middle rung RAM which doesn't handle being run in strained scenarios at full speed well. I don't usually go out of my way to stick more in than is supported unless I can find reliable reports from others that get it working or just happen to have the sticks sitting next to me but I have been very successful going over the spec sheet limits and still passing a day of memtesting (and then years of use). Particularly for laptops and embedded class CPUs, not so much in desktop or server CPUs.

3 ms·

I have the N6005 variant but haven't tried with 32Gb, because Intel specifically lists 16Gb as the maximum memory in the processor specifications: https://ark.i

by gigel82 4y ago

zamadatix 4y ago
Very often for the lower end consumer CPUs those spec sheet max RAM numbers are just what they've validated works reliably with most RAM modules not the actual limit. Oftentimes it works fine with the right modules, other times it says it works but if you test it it won't, and other times it's the actual hard cap of what it can support in which case you'll get something from works but doesn't recognize the second module to doesn't boot at all. It sounds like this one might fall into either the "doesn't work right" case or the "only works right with certain modules" case. It could also just be strain on the memory controller and need to be either slower RAM or ultra fast RAM that will cap out at a much lower than rated speed in the box instead of middle rung RAM which doesn't handle being run in strained scenarios at full speed well. I don't usually go out of my way to stick more in than is supported unless I can find reliable reports from others that get it working or just happen to have the sticks sitting next to me but I have been very successful going over the spec sheet limits and still passing a day of memtesting (and then years of use). Particularly for laptops and embedded class CPUs, not so much in desktop or server CPUs.