How small these are with the amount of wasted space are yet another sign the PC industry needs to move away from full size ATX (with only a passing nod to uatx-matx) and refactor motherboards onto a smaller footprint. Even on uatx full size ram slots look so out of place, but I can understand why they are hesitant to use so-dimms.
It's disappointing that so few mini ITX with SODIMM slots are available. I'd totally build a mini ITX system for my next if only I could find one with the socket and features I want with 4x SODIMM slots instead of 2xDIMM slots.
Yeah, that board is interesting but I want a mainstream board. The new i9-9900K with soldered IHS is going to have great OC headroom. The 7820X has gotten really cheap though (just $400 at Microcenter) and that is also an 8-core but it uses the toothpaste TIM.
That is because you're looking at a dual rank DIMM using 16gbit dies. Half of the spaces are empty because they're not needed for the 32GB UDIMM; they would be for a 64GB RDIMM. You can get smaller DIMMs, that is what a SO-DIMM is for, same technology but half the RAM chips per module.
Yup. Go to the samsung page, and they've got an image of a 2 rank dimm that fills the space fully. Unfortunately at a skewed angle and not much good for an article lead image.
mehh is a memory maker, not matter how "advanced" and cost reduced it is for THEM 9/10 they do NOT pass these savings on to consumers, if anything they use this as an "excuse" to charge more such as single side DIMM with same amount of memory and so forth.
DDR3 came out the gate at crazy pricing, DDR4 was supposed to be notably less costly to produce and yet pretty much sat at around the same pricing overall (DDR4 started off real decent pricing, did not last long) DDR5 is likely to follow the same trend as well, start off slightly cheaper and then jump through the roof pricing wise.
I personally do not understand memory pricing, seems every "new" generation that becomes far less costly to produce with likely very awesome yields becomes more expensive $/gb with very few exceptions that is IMO of course.
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MadAd - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
How small these are with the amount of wasted space are yet another sign the PC industry needs to move away from full size ATX (with only a passing nod to uatx-matx) and refactor motherboards onto a smaller footprint. Even on uatx full size ram slots look so out of place, but I can understand why they are hesitant to use so-dimms.MadAd - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
doh, i meant even on ITX full size ram slots look so out of place.peterfares - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
It's disappointing that so few mini ITX with SODIMM slots are available. I'd totally build a mini ITX system for my next if only I could find one with the socket and features I want with 4x SODIMM slots instead of 2xDIMM slots.edzieba - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
ASRock's X299E-ITX/ac? quad-SODIMM, 3x m.2 slots, and LGA2011 v3 all on an ITX board (plus all the amenities like Type-C, dual-LAN, etc).peterfares - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
Yeah, that board is interesting but I want a mainstream board. The new i9-9900K with soldered IHS is going to have great OC headroom. The 7820X has gotten really cheap though (just $400 at Microcenter) and that is also an 8-core but it uses the toothpaste TIM.saratoga4 - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
That is because you're looking at a dual rank DIMM using 16gbit dies. Half of the spaces are empty because they're not needed for the 32GB UDIMM; they would be for a 64GB RDIMM. You can get smaller DIMMs, that is what a SO-DIMM is for, same technology but half the RAM chips per module.thetuna - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
Maybe they need the space for traces? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯MrSpadge - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
"Note: Image is for illustrative purposes only."DanNeely - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
Yup. Go to the samsung page, and they've got an image of a 2 rank dimm that fills the space fully. Unfortunately at a skewed angle and not much good for an article lead image.Dragonstongue - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - link
mehh is a memory maker, not matter how "advanced" and cost reduced it is for THEM 9/10 they do NOT pass these savings on to consumers, if anything they use this as an "excuse" to charge more such as single side DIMM with same amount of memory and so forth.DDR3 came out the gate at crazy pricing, DDR4 was supposed to be notably less costly to produce and yet pretty much sat at around the same pricing overall (DDR4 started off real decent pricing, did not last long)
DDR5 is likely to follow the same trend as well, start off slightly cheaper and then jump through the roof pricing wise.
I personally do not understand memory pricing, seems every "new" generation that becomes far less costly to produce with likely very awesome yields becomes more expensive $/gb with very few exceptions that is IMO of course.
rpg1966 - Thursday, September 6, 2018 - link
I can't remember, are you the same guy that makes these ill-informed rants every time new memory comes out?MrSpadge - Thursday, September 6, 2018 - link
Check the sign of this exponential development:https://www.google.com/search?q=dram+long+term+pri...
The result may surprise you.
cbm80 - Thursday, September 6, 2018 - link
I agree. You don't understand memory pricing.yuhong - Thursday, September 6, 2018 - link
"but a 32 GB DIMM costs around $300 these days." 32GB RDIMM? Be more specific.microsoftsupport - Monday, September 10, 2018 - link
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