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I've set out to build a server and I might have ordered the wrong RAM.
The motherboard I'm using is an ASUS KGPE-D16. In the specifications, it states that I can have 256GB of RDIMM or 64GB of UDIMM. The RAM I bought is consumer, CORSAIR Vengeance CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10. The memory format for the RAM is just "DIMM".
The question I have is what type of DIMM is my RAM? RDIMM or UDIMM? Or is it neither, meaning it won't be supported at all?
NessDan
Posted 2013-02-05T01:26:53.017
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Unless you are specifically setting out to by registered RAM, then chances are you've bought Un-Buffered RAM. Un-Buffered RAM makes up the majority of consumer-level RAM available, and registered RAM is typically plastered in warnings it's not for most motherboards.
Mark Henderson
Posted 2013-02-05T01:26:53.017
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So there is no "third type" of RAM just known as DIMM? – NessDan – 2013-02-05T01:35:15.717
3No. DIMMs is just the form factor. Registered/buffer, unregistered/unbuffered, and fully buffered are different types (which can come in the same form factor). – Hennes – 2013-02-05T01:36:18.657
3@NessDan - DIMM is just a form factor, it means "Dual In-Line Memory Module", as opposed to a SIMM "Symmetrical In-Line Memory Module" (from the 90s). There is also FB-DIMM ("Fully Buffered Inline Memory Module"). Back in the early days of the DIMM you could get away with just calling it a "DIMM", but these days, it's just referred to as a form factor/packaging. – Mark Henderson – 2013-02-05T01:36:39.937
Thanks guys, so you're for sure that my RAM is UDIMM? (If this is the case, I need to return it right away.) – NessDan – 2013-02-05T01:47:27.967
A few +1s for good information and for the question. Makes sense to me. Thanks folks. – Xavierjazz – 2013-02-05T01:51:14.437
2Yep, that RAM is definitely UDIMM. – Marcus Chan – 2013-02-05T02:06:59.880
2The memory you linked to is performance memory (XMP extreme profile, heat spreader, ...). As such is is almost guaranteed to be unbuffered. (Buffered/registered memory is always slower). – Hennes – 2013-02-05T01:35:06.053