Do single 16GB DDR3 sticks exist?

[Sir Asvald]

I am trying to find single 16GB DDR3 sticks for my old i7 4790K PC, do any of them exist? I have tried to find some on the internet but all I can find were only ECC one.

[londay123]

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#U=3&Z=16384001

[Tan3l6]

3 minutes ago, londay123 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#U=3&Z=16384001

Rather - https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#U=3&Z=16384001&sort=-speed&E=0&t=11

Vaporware ...

[Sir Asvald]

10 minutes ago, londay123 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#U=3&Z=16384001

 

7 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Rather - https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#U=3&Z=16384001&sort=-speed&E=0&t=11

Vaporware ...

Not sure if I can get these in the UK..  

[Tan3l6]

3 minutes ago, Sir Asvald said:

 

Not sure if I can get these in the UK..  

After checking further - the linked RAM is 2x8 not 1x16 

So 16GB "regular sticks" probably not available anywhere.

[Sir Asvald]

Just now, Tan3l6 said:

After checking further - the linked RAM is 2x8 not 1x16 

So 16GB "regular sticks" probably not available anywhere.

 

Spoiler

 

[Moonzy]

if u cant find it by quick google search, it probably dont exist, in term of DRAM

since if someone made chips that made 16GB sticks available, it's unlikely only one model would be around, and it probably doesnt make sense to only produce so little of it after the RND that went into making such a thing

[YoungBlade]

Given that Intel DDR3 compatible chips only supported up to 32GB of DDR3, I doubt any company went to the effort to make 16GB consumer sticks. They might not have even been able to work. And without official support from Intel, the motherboard makers wouldn't bother to support them, either.

[Sir Asvald]

6 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

if u cant find it by quick google search, it probably dont exist, in term of DRAM

since if someone made chips that made 16GB sticks available, it's unlikely only one model would be around, and it probably doesnt make sense to only produce so little of it after the RND that went into making such a thing

 

2 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

Given that Intel DDR3 compatible chips only supported up to 32GB of DDR3, I doubt any company went to the effort to make 16GB consumer sticks. They might not have even been able to work. And without official support from Intel, the motherboard makers wouldn't bother to support them, either.

So I did find some on eBay.. I had to go through some pages. 

 

Found this but it claims it only works for AMD CPUs and it's all the way from China.. so yeah.. 16gb ddr3 "only AMD"

 

[YoungBlade]

26 minutes ago, Sir Asvald said:

 

So I did find some on eBay.. I had to go through some pages. 

 

Found this but it claims it only works for AMD CPUs and it's all the way from China.. so yeah.. 16gb ddr3 "only AMD"

 

Ah, yes. That is a thing. I forgot that Bulldozer supported higher capacity memory sticks. But from my understanding, they really are "AMD only" and can't be used for Intel.

[Windows7ge]

In the consumer space DDR3 pretty much capped out at 8GB per DIMM. In the server space however RDIMM ECC modules can easily be sourced up to 32GB modules. These will not work with consumer motherboards however.

[Sir Asvald]

9 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

Ah, yes. That is a thing. I forgot that Bulldozer supported higher capacity memory sticks. But from my understanding, they really are "AMD only" and can't be used for Intel.

7 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

In the consumer space DDR3 pretty much capped out at 8GB per DIMM. In the server space however RDIMM ECC modules can easily be sourced up to 32GB modules. These will not work with consumer motherboards however.

Figured as much.. I do have some DDR3 server ram but its registered and won't work. 

[--SID--]

Consumer Haswell like i7-4790K supports max 8GB per slot. 16GB won't work.

[Windows7ge]

4 hours ago, Sir Asvald said:

Figured as much.. I do have some DDR3 server ram but its registered and won't work. 

Actually I just remembered...there does exist 16GB UDIMM ECC memory modules in DDR3. Made by Intelligent Memory but it's expensive to the point where you'd be better off just building a dedicated server using RDIMM for whatever you need more RAM for.

[Sir Asvald]

4 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

Actually I just remembered...there does exist 16GB UDIMM ECC memory modules in DDR3. Made by Intelligent Memory but it's expensive to the point where you'd be better off just building a dedicated server using RDIMM for whatever you need more RAM for.

Do you have some links to some?

[Windows7ge]

17 minutes ago, Sir Asvald said:

Do you have some links to some?

Unfortunately no. I was searching them out a few years back for a Mini-ITX NAS build with 64GB of RAM but when I saw the prices on what was available I immediately opted for 8GB DIMMs. Wasn't worth it.