Corsair Launches 24GB Dominator DDR3 Memory Kit

H

HardOCP News

[H] News
Joined
Dec 31, 1969
Messages
0
Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced a 24GB Dominator triple-channel DDR3 memory kit designed for high-performance desktop and workstation computing applications. Corsair's 24GB Dominator DDR3 memory kit has been rigorously tested in high-performance platforms based on the Intel® X58 motherboard chipset for Intel® Core™ i7 [Bloomfield] processors. It comprises six 4GB DDR3 DIMMs that operate at a frequency of 1333MHz, at latency timings of 9-9-9-27, with 1.65V VDIMM. The 24GB Dominator memory kit also features Corsair's patented DHX+ heatsink technology for optimal cooling and reliability. The modules, equipped with signature American Racing Blue heatsink fins, are found on select Corsair Dominator DDR3 memory for Intel® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7 platforms in 8GB and 12GB kits.
 
In for 2!

Would be fun to enough cash to start a build off with 24 gigs.
 
Why is it that the server variants (Reg/ECC) of this RAM seems to be so much cheaper? Is it just the "performance market markup"? Because my company has been getting Kingston 1333MHz Reg. 12GB kits (3x 4GB DIMMs) for under $400 for the better part of 3 months.

P.S. Still haven't migrated to Core i7, but it's the same memory architecture as the Xeon 5500 series. Do the desktop chipsets (X58/P55/et al) automatically ramp memory speeds down to 1066MHz when more than 1 DIMM is installed per channel for electrical variance thresholds, like the 5500/5520 chipsets do?
 
finalgt said:
Why is it that the server variants (Reg/ECC) of this RAM seems to be so much cheaper? Is it just the "performance market markup"? Because my company has been getting Kingston 1333MHz Reg. 12GB kits (3x 4GB DIMMs) for under $400 for the better part of 3 months.
Click to expand...

I think they just don't expect them to sell as well, so in order to make it worth ordering a batch of chips they try to make their cost back with fewer sold. I want 16GB kits for 1156. I use applications that use massive amounts of memory (but not bandwidth, so double channel does fine) and it's just too expensive to go over 8GB with P55 right now.
 
The price probably has as much to do with volume as anything else. They can sell loads of max capacity ECC/FBDIMMs to people building big database servers or VM farms. Add ina few massive sales to people building super computer clusters and the R&D gets spread pretty widely. Consumers with need for that kinda ram are much sparser on the ground.
 
I was still getting used to the concept that 4GB was a lot of memory!
 
I have a bunch of sticks of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, and 32MB EDO DRAM. That's the good stuff.
 
How much better would this be this be than 8G Ram and using an entire 64G Flash SATA drive as a swap partition (or whatever windows calls it)? I suspect there are a (very) few (non-ECC servers) that would see a difference, but not many.

Flash drives are going to completely change the way we see swap. Just don't dirty the pages too often.
 
NoOther said:
No one, except the hoards of people getting into VM computing. Hell I have 12GB on my machine and still need more.
Click to expand...

Shens! Bill said no one will ever need more than 640K!

And I haven't broken that amount since.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top