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> And you get a minimum of 16GB per stick unless you buy modules with dead ranks. 16 Gb per stick means you need 4 sticks to have a reasonably future proof 64

• _cenw 2y ago
  That's the smallest size, 32 on a single module also exists. There is no conspiracy to deprive you of density. Most consumers will just appreciate latency over more than 64GB of memory. And yes, that's a real world performance gain, especially on larger AMD chips where L3 isn't shared among all cores. If you want density, use a workstation board and registered memory, which offloads a bunch of responsibility of a central memory controller to the module itself, so you can stick terrabytes of somewhat fast memory in there.
  • Tuna-Fish 2y ago
    > Most consumers will just appreciate latency over more than 64GB of memory. Note that the choice here is not either/or, so long as you are willing to pay for it. For example: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/memory/cmk96gx5m2b6600c32/vengeance-96gb-2x48gb-ddr5-dram-6600mt-s-cl32-memory-kit-black-cmk96gx5m2b6600c32#tab-techspecs https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/memory/cmk96gx5m2b6600c32/ve...
    • _cenw 2y ago
      yep, that's hynix m-die. not sure what the status quo is, but you used to be able to buy a cheap kit as long as the timings indicated hynix, and they'd manually overlock quite high without issues.