Appreciate some input please.
I bought a X470 TaiChi Ultimate with the goal of making a hopefully low(er?) power 10Gb NAS/VM with proxmox or ESXi.
I’m looking for ECC RAM and the CPU.
CPU, I’ve narrowed down to either the Ryzen 3 Pro 2200GE / 2400GE with the idea of buying a better CPU like 3600 or 3900X CPU when they get cheaper.
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I’ve narrowed by RAM down to maybe 3 models: a, b, or d below. But how to decide?
a) Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD 16GB 2RX8 PC4-21300V-E DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM CAS-19 $88
b) Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CRC 16GB 2RX8 PC4-19200T-E DDR4-2400 ECC UDIMM CAS-17 $84
c) Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CPB 16GB 2RX8 PC4-17000P-E DDR4-2133 ECC UDIMM CAS-15 $158
d) Crucial CT16G4WFD8266 DDR4 PC4-21300 ECC DDR4-2666 CL19 1.2v 2Rx8 $104 Amazon
Should I just go with Crucial like I usually do? Normally I am a Crucial fan for its lifetime warranty. But this memory dot net RAM is a lot cheaper, also claims a lifetime warranty, and some people are saying this model is samsung B die which might even better as good or better than the Crucial? I’ve read people saying that AMD is optimized for 2966, so I had thought I wanted that.
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Has anyone ordered from memory dot net (parts a,b,c)? Are they reliable with warranty claims?
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How many extra bandwidth can I expect from, say, the more expensive $158 ©? and (a) and (b) are so closely priced, how to pick?
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Is there somewhere when I can plug in the RAM specs and have it return how many GB/s I can expect?
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Will the AMD Ryzen Pro 2200GE or 2400GE support the ECC?
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The 2400GE CPUs does not include any HSF. Can/Should I use the “Wraith Stealth Cooler” that comes with the standard 2400G for the 2400GE?
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How many watts would a X470 TaiChi Ultimate be with a 200GE/2400GE be under idle? Could I measure a real world difference in energy consumption from an idle 65W Ryzen 5 3600 vs an idle 35W 2400GE? Trying to keep the power lower may not be worthwhile or practical.
Thank you
EDIT:
Looks like all the RAM above is dual ranked, then according to the X470 Taichi specs the best I can get is:
ryzen 3000 Matisse:
1x 16GB @ 3200 (DR)
2x 16GB @ 3200 (DR)
4x 16GB @ 2667 (DR)
ryzen 2000 Pinnacle Ridge:
1x 16GB @ 2933 (DR)
2x 16GB @ 2933 (DR)
4x 16GB @ 2667 (DR)
So I want to get 16GB on day one, then upgrading to 32GB, then 64GB once RAM is cheaper, say $50/16GB. None of these sticks seem to be sold in pairs, so I guess RAM matching is not a thing to worry about with ECC UDIMMs? I am a little worried if I buy only 16GB now, then in 6 months not finding a properly ‘matched’ 16GB.