Help - 24gb of RAM for Intel 3420 GPLX Motherboard

[Jabez_]

Hi All -

I've had the unlucky experience of trying to find compatible RAM to load up my Intel 3420 GPLX Motherboard w/ Xeon 3450 CPU. Basically I need help with finding compatible RAM to load up 24 GB.

Here are the compatible configurations for for this board:
http://imct.intel.com/listmemconfigs.aspx?pid=X3450&bid=S3420GP

Here is the configuration I want:
http://imct.intel.com/cfgview.aspx?id=542771

I know i need 4GB RDIMM 1066 Dual Rank DIMMS using a chip configuration of 256x8. Can somebody point me to the right ram manufacturer/model?

I've just gone through attempting to buy some 'advertised' compatible RAM off ebay only to have run into a horror story of compatibility issues that have resulted in 3 returns.

Thanks,

J

 

[mobilenvidia]

Lookig at Lynfield CPU PDF I have:

To get to
24GB = 6x 4GB RDIMMS dual ranked ECC
32GB = 4x 8GB RDIMMS Quad ranked ECC

Other Restrictions:
•
No support for LV DIMMs
•
All channels in a system will run at the fastest common frequency
•
No mixing of registered and unbuffered DIMMs
•
Mixing ECC and non-ECC UDIMMs is not supported

Just found the PDF it's over here

Now you need to find the RAM applies.
I'm running 4x 4GB UDIMMS on my Xeon X3470, I'm not too worried about ECC.

 

[mobilenvidia]

This any good ?

 

[Jabez_]

Upon further review it appears that this RAM is probably what i'm looking for:

Samsung - M393B5273BH1-CF8

This is based on the Intel Server Configuration Tool found here:

http://serverconfigurator2.intel.com/configure-memory.aspx?id=MzQwMSMxLDMzOTgjMSwzNDI5IzE=

Seems like the Samsung is some of the only 4GB RDIMMS that are dual ranked, which i'll need to load this up to 24GB.

Looks like i can find this memory for a reasonable price here:

http://www.memoryamerica.com/m393b5273bh1-cf8.html?synertech

 

[nitrobass24]

Any of these would work as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148369
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148356
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139141
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139390
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139578
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139658
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220421
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147099
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148354

 

[Jabez_]

I would love to go with 2 kits of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148356

However these RDIMMS are DDR3 1333 and they don't specify if the DRAM's are using 256x8 configuration.

Concerns are:

1 - DDR1333 - Intel 3420 GPLX memory configuration (24 gb) states that only DDR1066 can be used
http://imct.intel.com/cfgview.aspx?id=542771

2 - no mention if these are 256x8 RDIMMS

Thoughts?