CCL: Need advice on buying a large memory pc

 Sent to CCL by: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me?= Kieffer
 [jerome.kieffer(a)terre-adelie.org]
 On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:01:16 +0100
 "Alcides Simao alsimao(0)gmail.com" <owner-chemistry__ccl.net>
 wrote:
 >
 > Sent to CCL by: Alcides Simao [alsimao=gmail.com]
 > Hi Ülf!
 >
 > As far as EEC memory is concerned, I don't think it to be necessary.
 > But, if you need a second opinion...
 > http://www.crucial.com/kb/answer.aspx?qid=3692 and
 > http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/221285-12-memory
 ECC is mandatory if you have a 2 CPU socket.
 Sandy-Bridge Xeons have 4 memory lanes with max 2 connectors each.(max 8 memory
 sticks)
 256GB with 8x 32GB-memory sticks is possible but un-likely. By the way, only ECC
 memory is available on such large memory sticks.
 A dual socket is then more likely, you gain in memory bandwith..., cheaper
 memory at the price of a second CPU.
 Cheers,
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 Jérôme Kieffer <jerome.kieffer__terre-adelie.org>