Hello all,
I'm new here, and I'm looking to build a home server using the AMD EPYC platform. I have decided to go with an EPYC 7401P and a Gigabyte MZ31-AR0 board. It's been about 10 years since I last built an enterprise grade server, but I am very fluent with desktop components. I am having a hard time understanding how to populate the memory on this board to get the best performance I can, with a minimum of 64 GB of memory.
As I understand, the faster the memory, the better with these new EPYC chips. Can I get by with using 2 X 32 GB RDIMM's @ 2666 mHz? I am looking into this kit: Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) DDR4-2666 RDIMM CT11010536 | MZ31-AR0 | Crucial.com
Here is the quick reference for the board: http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/server_qrg_mz31-ar0_e_v10.pdf
From what I can tell, using a pair of dual ranked RDIMM's would drop my speed down to 2400 mHz. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Erick
I'm new here, and I'm looking to build a home server using the AMD EPYC platform. I have decided to go with an EPYC 7401P and a Gigabyte MZ31-AR0 board. It's been about 10 years since I last built an enterprise grade server, but I am very fluent with desktop components. I am having a hard time understanding how to populate the memory on this board to get the best performance I can, with a minimum of 64 GB of memory.
As I understand, the faster the memory, the better with these new EPYC chips. Can I get by with using 2 X 32 GB RDIMM's @ 2666 mHz? I am looking into this kit: Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) DDR4-2666 RDIMM CT11010536 | MZ31-AR0 | Crucial.com
Here is the quick reference for the board: http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/server_qrg_mz31-ar0_e_v10.pdf
From what I can tell, using a pair of dual ranked RDIMM's would drop my speed down to 2400 mHz. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Erick