iram, one slot or two?

[ilkhan]

With standard PCI slots, and all 4 slots of memory filled with standard height memory, does an iram block the next slot (standard orientation) below it?

a pic of one and another card would be appreciated...

Id expect an iram to max the SATA bus, right? right around 150MB/s...

Im trying to figure if 2 of them would fit side by side as the two PCI spots in a SFF case... thatd be rather expensive though...

 

[sprocket]

The iRAM with all four DIMM slots populated does not block the adjoining PCI slot so yes, you could run two of them together.
I don't have a good shot of mine installed but here is a HD Tach screenie...

Compared to my Raptor R0 array...

The iRAM's speed will enchant you for a while but it's real benefit as an OS drive is the absolute silence...it's eerie.

 

[ilkhan]

well heres what I was thinkin and you guys can correct me if Im wrong.

SFF gaming box, mATX, so 4 slots. Use the PCI-E for a graphics card with a big 2 slot silent cooler. Throw an iram into the 3rd or 4th (PCI) slot. With 2 HDD bays, put a raptor in one and a nice 300-400GiB drive in the other.

Repeatedly install games to the iram, but move each off the drive to ensure space requirements are met. Then, put together a batch file on the desktop instead of a shortcut for each game that copies the game data back to the iram for level load times during lan parties. the new gen raptor maxes at around 50MB/s IIRC, so the iram wont be the limiting factor.

A 2GB game data game should copy in around 41 seconds, if my math is right. After that level loads should be pretty damn quick.

With a proper batch file for the file copies, its nearly as easy as a standard load. Out of curiosty, an average game today takes up how much space? 2-3GB? Id check but the only game installed ATM is TA, which is 800MB.

As to the silence thing, ATM Im running 5 HDDs in my computer, and with the scythe ninja and arctic silencer, yate-loon fans on a controller in the P180, I sleep with it on 10 feet from my head every night and cant even hear it.