A new idea for all to concider!

[KingOfSoldiers]

I dont know how well of a idea this is but here we go.

 

If motherboard manufacturers hade built in ram on there boards so 4gb and 8gb revisions it would allow so much faster throughput and ofcourse have a few extra ram slots for like ddr4.

 

With this concept, what are your thought on this?

 

Would you be into buying it if it was released?

 

Pros / Cons?

 

What do you think?

[Shd0w2]

Various speeds and latencies would cause compatibility issues.

[KingOfSoldiers]

but if all that was controlled and changed by the user

[simtransporter]

Only if it works well and offers a substantial performance improvement, otherwise I wouldn't bother.

[AlwaysFSX]

Yeah if you soldered ram on to a motherboard it's still the same as sticking it in a slot?

[Denned]

Much faster throughput

I doubt that could ever happen. If it's just ordinary DDR3 / 4 then it would still need the same interface as the dimm slots.

Also you can already get this with laptops.

[UnknownDepths]

No, I like sticking newly purchased RAM inside the motherboard DIMM slots.

I agree with what was said above, i'm sure it would be the same thing.

[Trik'Stari]

I've often wondered something similar. Why can't they increase the cache size on the cpu to be large enough to accommodate the OS as well as everything else it already stores?

[DigitalHermit]

Won't there be compatibility issues?

[MEC-777]

No, because I like the idea of picking and choosing the exact components I want. 

 

The issue with having on-board "fast" RAM and also additional RAM DIMM slots is that the RAM sticks you add have to be the same type, frequency, latency etc. in order to work with the on-board modules, whether it be in dual or quad channel, or what ever. Having mixed RAM modules is not ideal.

 

Having the RAM separate from the board keeps the cost down for the board and allows the user to add exactly the type and capacity RAM they want or need. 

 

Just my two cents.