Hey guys,
I posted at the bottom of another motherboard vs thread and I think it will get buried there as it is a different topic. Also I hope this is the right spot for a RAM question as I didn't see a forum for RAM so motherboards seemed like the logical place.
First question.
Is LRDIMM better/worse than RDIMM in DDR4? I did a bunch of searching online but most articles talk about the difference in DDR3, and I understand that the DDR4 versions of these are different/better. I do understand that LDRIMM allows you to go higher density, but beyond that I'm not clear if there is a performance hit with LDRIMM or if there is another reason to avoid it.
I also came across a good deal on some Hynix DDR4 ECC ram on Ebay but I'm not familiar with this brand. It seems like Samsung is the gold standard on these forums, but does anyone have any experience with using Hynix memory? Supermicro certified it for the motherboard I am leaning towards but since I don't know how popular this brand is I am worried about buying sticks now on a good deal, and in the future not being able to find it at a reasonable price (due to its potential unpopularity) when I want to add more.
Also last tangential question - if I put in 4 x 16GB sticks now, will I have issues in the future if I put in 4 x 32GB sticks even if they are the same speed and rating. I understand from Supermicro's motherboard manual that speed and type have to match, but it seemed like size could change. I have done this in HP ProLiant servers in the past w/o issue, but that isn't necessarily an apples to apples comparison.
Thanks all!!!
I posted at the bottom of another motherboard vs thread and I think it will get buried there as it is a different topic. Also I hope this is the right spot for a RAM question as I didn't see a forum for RAM so motherboards seemed like the logical place.
First question.
Is LRDIMM better/worse than RDIMM in DDR4? I did a bunch of searching online but most articles talk about the difference in DDR3, and I understand that the DDR4 versions of these are different/better. I do understand that LDRIMM allows you to go higher density, but beyond that I'm not clear if there is a performance hit with LDRIMM or if there is another reason to avoid it.
I also came across a good deal on some Hynix DDR4 ECC ram on Ebay but I'm not familiar with this brand. It seems like Samsung is the gold standard on these forums, but does anyone have any experience with using Hynix memory? Supermicro certified it for the motherboard I am leaning towards but since I don't know how popular this brand is I am worried about buying sticks now on a good deal, and in the future not being able to find it at a reasonable price (due to its potential unpopularity) when I want to add more.
Also last tangential question - if I put in 4 x 16GB sticks now, will I have issues in the future if I put in 4 x 32GB sticks even if they are the same speed and rating. I understand from Supermicro's motherboard manual that speed and type have to match, but it seemed like size could change. I have done this in HP ProLiant servers in the past w/o issue, but that isn't necessarily an apples to apples comparison.
Thanks all!!!