I had the following ordered via amazon.co.uk:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0D475DPJ6
but now I’m told it is unavailable, of course my ASRock TRX50 motherboard only has 4 memory slots so I don’t want to settle for 128gb.
To what extent does it matter that you get 4x64gb modules in a ‘kit’ versus buying 4 of the same size module at the same time?
diziet
This is the first time I will ever have bought server memory, so I suffer from not knowing what I don’t know:) Do I not need to worry about ‘Intel XMP’ versus ‘AMD EXPO’? These sticks seem very available in the UK so I’m extremely tempted to buy 4:)
diziet
By definition it’s not accurate to call it server memory, because it is supported by HEDT platforms (Threadripper).
Those kind of terms are ill-defined anyway (meme buzzwords), because there’s no good reason that all memory isn’t ECC (and that’s the direction things are moving in) and whether a platform supports RDIMMs or not doesn’t have anything to do with the intended use-case for said platform.
As for XMP vs EXPO, you want EXPO memory since you’re doing a Threadripper build. The majority of XMP kits will work fine (when using the XMP overclock profile) on Threadripper, but there’s a slight chance it won’t so go with EXPO if it’s available. And regardless either will work at stock speeds, and even with a XMP kit you can still manually do your overclock if you want.
Ah, I asked about the XMP, EXPO thing because the sellers of the recommended rdimm that I have found didn’t mention it on their product pages. But I have seen modules for sale where you select it as an option, But I have no interest in overclocking, I imagine my new pc will not be as quiet as my current one (which is inaudible) so I don’t want to increase the cooling noise:) So with that in mind it seems that I can get this ‘shiz’ and be good whatever? Cwl:)
diziet
If you need/want absolute stability, you do not care about XMP or EXPO.
If you want to get the most out of your 4 channels, then EXPO on your RDIMMS significantly shrinks the pool.
I have 4 of these in my TRX50 setup (which is not yet operation due to cooler reasons):
While I “settled” for that mere 128GB of memory in Threadripper I did find that the Kingston Fury 5600M/T kit worked well with my Threadripper system. Truthfully, I have Kingston Fury memory running in all my systems and have found it to be reliable and dependable. With all that being said, I can’t help but agree with Wendel in saying that if stability and reliability is the goal the EXPO/XMP profiles are largely irrelevant, as is the server vs. desktop memory. For any high-end system you want RDIMMS as that is what everything should be to begin with.
I went with: DDR5 | OC R-DIMM | AMD Ryzen WRX90 | Workstation Memory
V-Color memory is better because it goes through a very rigorous binning and testing process. You may not need that though.
Thanks for the replies everyone, I’m still waiting for Amazon to refund my card so when they do I’ll be getting the Kingston 4x64.
diziet
