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Cheap lga1150 boards that support registered ram?

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Cheap lga1150 boards that support registered ram?

Unbuffered ram is so much more expensive than registered ram.

So much so that I'm thinking about changing the motherboard I was originally thinking about getting.


Registered 24GB 76$:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00HSDUAAC

Unbuffered 4GB : 15$...
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00JIJU8BA/

When I filter through Newegg.com's part list I can't find anything.

Nvm I think I found my answer. I need to switch to lga2011 to utilize registered dimm, however that totally ruins the low power aspect of my build
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PerformingAzura wrote: Unbuffered ram is so much more expensive than registered ram.

So much so that I'm thinking about changing the motherboard I was originally thinking about getting.


Registered 24GB 76$:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00HSDUAAC

Unbuffered 4GB : 15$...
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00JIJU8BA/

When I filter through Newegg.com's part list I can't find anything.

Nvm I think I found my answer. I need to switch to lga2011 to utilize registered dimm, however that totally ruins the low power aspect of my build
Not all LGA2011 X79 will do DDR3 registered.
The CPU needs to support registered dimm too.
There's a reason why registered dimms are a lot cheaper.
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PerformingAzura wrote: Nvm I think I found my answer. I need to switch to lga2011 to utilize registered dimm, however that totally ruins the low power aspect of my build
Not only that, but you will require xeon processors as well. The Core i7 series (and lower) don't support ECC/ECC-RDIMM memory.
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audit13 wrote: Surprisingly, some Pentium and Celeron 1150 processors support ECC memory. I have a g3258 in my HTPC that supports ECC: https://ark.intel.com/products/82723/In ... e-3_20-GHz
Basically It’s because Pentium/Celeron/i3 are also supported on the server chipsets to provide entry level servers. And Intel doesn’t want people buying the cheaper i5/i7 SKUs when they can sell them a more expensive Xeon.

Basically comes down to profit.
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LOL, funniest comment of the day.

More or less that $76 24GB is a price error.
PerformingAzura wrote: Unbuffered ram is so much more expensive than registered ram.
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sexyj wrote: LOL, funniest comment of the day.

More or less that $76 24GB is a price error.
This isn't the only listing that's around this price range. There's a ton of them on Amazon, all shipped and sold by Amazon.

I'm guessing it's demand that driving up the price of udimms
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The pack you listed is also a DDR3L, not many servers uses low votage ram.
PerformingAzura wrote: This isn't the only listing that's around this price range. There's a ton of them on Amazon, all shipped and sold by Amazon.

I'm guessing it's demand that driving up the price of udimms
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sexyj wrote: The pack you listed is also a DDR3L, not many servers uses low votage ram.
Its been a while since I built a computer but wasn't overvoltage, the issue with ram?

Shouldn't a server motherboard be able to set a lower voltage?
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I guess technically you could, but most people don't wanna mix and match ram especially for servers. It's super uncommon for servers to low voltage.

PerformingAzura wrote: Its been a while since I built a computer but wasn't overvoltage, the issue with ram?

Shouldn't a server motherboard be able to set a lower voltage?
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