Nov 18, 2016 #1 L liiroy Limp Gawd Joined Sep 27, 2016 Messages 409 On a dual socket board and Xeon (Haswell), do you have to populate all 8 DIMM slots (4 per CPU) to use Dual CPU setup?
On a dual socket board and Xeon (Haswell), do you have to populate all 8 DIMM slots (4 per CPU) to use Dual CPU setup?
Nov 18, 2016 #2 I [Ion] [H]ard DCOTM February 2024 Joined Jun 2, 2009 Messages 1,231 No. I have a dual Haswell-EP (Smolensk; see sig) system with 16 RAM slots (8 per CPU) and only two sticks of RAM in it. I don't even think you need two sticks...one would probably work.
No. I have a dual Haswell-EP (Smolensk; see sig) system with 16 RAM slots (8 per CPU) and only two sticks of RAM in it. I don't even think you need two sticks...one would probably work.
Nov 18, 2016 #3 L liiroy Limp Gawd Joined Sep 27, 2016 Messages 409 I was worrying that I have to buy 8 sticks of ram (quite expensive). so if I go with 4 (2 per CPU) that should work too?
I was worrying that I have to buy 8 sticks of ram (quite expensive). so if I go with 4 (2 per CPU) that should work too?
Dec 3, 2016 #4 T Trotador22 n00b Joined Dec 4, 2011 Messages 15 It will work, you will use two out of the four memory channles the CPUs have but it will work perfectly.
It will work, you will use two out of the four memory channles the CPUs have but it will work perfectly.
Apr 20, 2017 #5 N Nathan_P [H]ard DCOTM x3 Joined Mar 2, 2010 Messages 3,490 You will lose some bandwidth and please make sure that the memory you buy is on the compatibility list, downloadable from the mobo maker's websitte
You will lose some bandwidth and please make sure that the memory you buy is on the compatibility list, downloadable from the mobo maker's websitte