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No1451

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Looking to build a better rig with the mentioned board but am struggling to find ram that I can guarantee will work.

Does anyone happent to know if this will work?

Thanks!
 

No1451

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The memory you referenced, Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G is reported to work with the X8SIA-F which is almost identical to the X8SIL-F (from a memory controller perspective). I have one of those kits on order myself which I plan to install in my X8SIL-F. I'd be surprised if it didn't work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139262
Sounds excellent, keep me posted if you can, after reading the linked thread....my god, I really don't have the cash to be firing off in the dark and getting memory that doesn't work!
 

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I use KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G (and mentioned this in the review) almost exclusively in Intel 3420 based boards like the X8SIL-F if I need 8GB or less of RAM total. $51/ 4GB is fairly cheap.
 

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I use KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G (and mentioned this in the review) almost exclusively in Intel 3420 based boards like the X8SIL-F if I need 8GB or less of RAM total. $51/ 4GB is fairly cheap.
I looked at that, though I may be using ZFS and I will be virtualizing several OSes so I need a fair amount of RAM I should think, 16GB if I can.
 

Metaluna

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So Kingston's "/4G" means 4GB and "/8G" means 8GB. KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G would be the 2x4GB version.
Yes, and I think the "E9" tells you how many chips are on the DIMM (this class of motherboard needs DIMMs with x8 chips, for some reason, so 9 8-bit-wide DRAMs gives you a 72-bit ECC data word). My /8G kit should be here any day now so I'll do a quick Memtest86 on it and post here if it works on my X8SIL-F. Since both the /4G and /8G are "D3E9", and somebody already reported success on an X8SIA-F, I think it should work.
 

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Alright, thanks for all the info and advice in here. Definitely keep us posted Metaluna, if they work I can punch off my order and get this baby up and running :)
 

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Even more specific: for Kingston, its x/xG. E.g., 2/8G is 2x4GB dimms, 4/8G is 4x2GB, etc. They don't use "1/', so ...SK2/8G is as noted, ...SK/8G is a single 8G stick.
 

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Yes, and I think the "E9" tells you how many chips are on the DIMM (this class of motherboard needs DIMMs with x8 chips, for some reason,
No, in this case E9 refers to ECC, and CL9 latency. Kingston's part numbers are hard to read, but I have had some practice!

http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KVR1333D3E9SK2_4G.pdf

KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G = Kingston value RAM, 1333MHz, DDR3, ECC, CL9 latency, thermal Sensor, kit of 2, total 4GB of RAM (2 x 2GB)

Note that there is no "R" in the latter part of the SKU, which indicates that it is unregistered memory (aka, unbuffered). In contrast, this is registered memory:

KVR1333D3D8R9SK2/4G = Kingston value RAM, 1333MHz, DDR3, Dual Rank 8 bits per chip, Registered, CL9 latency, thermal Sensor, kit of 2, total 4GB of RAM (2 x 2GB)

http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KVR1333D3D8R9SK2_4G.pdf

For some reason, Kingston leaves out the rank and bits per chip on the unregistered memory. They also leave out any E for ECC on registered memory, but it seems all their registered memory is also ECC.

If you click on the "Note: Supports 1-Gb and 2-Gb x8 devices only - Intel 3420 / 3400 Chipset Memory Requirements" link from this page for the Supermicro X8SIL-F:

http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm

and look at Table 1, you see that the motherboard will work with single- or dual-rank unregistered memory with 8 bits per chip (x8). But your maximum capacity is higher with dual-rank. That is because of a limitation of the memory controller used with this chipset.

Unfortunately, the unregistered memory Kingston SKUs do not specify whether it is single- or dual-rank. The registered memory SKUs do: S, D, Q for single-, dual-, or quad-rank. Note that unregistered memory only comes in single- and dual-rank (i.e., quad-rank will always be registered). But you can figure out whether the unregistered memory is single- or dual-rank by looking at the datasheet:

http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KVR1333D3E9SK2_4G.pdf

ValueRAM's KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G is a kit of two 256M x 72-bit 2GB (2048MB) DDR3-1333 CL9 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ECC memory modules, based on eighteen 128M x 8-bit DDR3-1333 FBGA components.
Eighteen chips x 8 bits per chip = 144 bit width. Now, a single ECC rank is 72-bits wide (non-ECC ranks are 64 bits wide), so 144 bits / 72-bits = 2 = dual-rank.
 
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Patrick

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John... IMO Kingston part number decoder ring thread with the above. I just read the part numbers now and know almost all of it (the thermal sensor part I did not know though) so I am sure others will benefit.

Good work.
 

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I have the X8SIL-F board and I'm using two stick of KVR1066D3Q8R7S/4G, so 8Gb right now.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139024

Everything is working great and all of the ram passed the memtest86. I'll be buying more in the future to bring my ESXi server up to 16Gb.
OK, let me try out the decoder ring:

Kingston Value Ram, 1066 MHz, DDR3, Quad Rank 8 bits per chip, Registered, CL7 latency, has a thermal sensor, single 4 GB chip (not part of a set).

Just curious, but why go with quad rank ram? Do you plan to eventually get it to 32 GB?
 

Jbiss

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OK, let me try out the decoder ring:

Kingston Value Ram, 1066 MHz, DDR3, Quad Rank 8 bits per chip, Registered, CL7 latency, has a thermal sensor, single 4 GB chip (not part of a set).
That's looks about right, the RAM doesn't seem to have the thermal sensor though.

The main reason why I went with quad rank ram was it was in stock at Newegg at the time (I didn't want to buy everything and not be able to use it cause cheaper ram wasn't in stock). I read up on other forums and the quad rank was supported. I wanted a sure bet to start using my server right away. I'm not going to go higher the 16Gb. I'm planning on using 4x 4Gb stick, X6SIL-F only has 4 slots for RAM.

One thing to note its that my two sticks of 4gb are running at 800Mhz right now, not the full speed of 1066Mhz.
 

rmd3003

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The memory you referenced, Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G is reported to work with the X8SIA-F which is almost identical to the X8SIL-F (from a memory controller perspective). I have one of those kits on order myself which I plan to install in my X8SIL-F. I'd be surprised if it didn't work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139262
I have 8GB of this memory (2X4GB) on X8SIL-F and it works perfectly. On Kingston website this one is listed as compatible with X8SIL.
BTW I bought it here:
http://www.provantage.com/kingston-technology-kvr1333d3e9sk2-8g~7KINM1MV.htm
 
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Metaluna

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I just installed an 8GB kit of KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G on my X8SIL-F and I can confirm that it runs great. I ran a full pass of Memtest86+ on it with no problems.

I definitely recommend these over the 4G kit, just because they save DIMM slots and leave open the option to expand to 16GB.
 

drake3

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Hi All, I am bringing a dead thread back to life.

I just unboxed a new X8SIL-F, placed it into a SuperMicro 2U chassis and tried to boot with a new X3440 and KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G (X2, 16GB).

I get no video and post beep is a single long followed by an estimated 8 short. They go so quickly I cannot tell if there are actually 8. Looked in the manual and this says it is a video controller problem. I made sure the video jumper was set to internal. Nothing else is connected except fans, USB header and SATA.

I also took KVR1333D3E9SK2/2G memory out of a working ZFS server running an X8SI6-F motherboard and it did the same thing.

I took the untested /8GB kits and put it into my ZFS server which booted fine.

Think I got a defective MB? Anything else to check before I order another board?

Thanks!