256GB of RAM Anyone?

[andy_composer]

Has anybody used or use Windows 8 Pro with 128GB RAM or More? (Prefebly 256GB RAM, which is what i'm aiming for for my workstation) 

 

P.S. This thread was removed for some reason :/ 

Edited July 6, 2013 by andy_composer

[defunkt]

256gb? What motherboard supports that?

 

Edit: Oh ok, wow.

Edited July 6, 2013 by CreepingMoth

[andy_composer]

256gb? What motherboard supports that?

 

Edit: Oh ok, wow.

Spec is in my Signature :)

[Ultimate_PIMP]

<p>What do you do for a living? </p>

<p>Do you need this insane machine for work?</p>

<p>Or are you just a hardware junkie?</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Either way that's the most ram i have ever seen on a single motherboard.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>EDIT:</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Based off of your gpu, im guessing your running a server? or doing something that doesnt utilize a gpu at all.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Would one even need a gpu with those 2 cpu's to game?</p>

<p> </p>

<p>DOUBLE EDIT:</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Ok last guess. I just noticed your insanely expensive soundcard and also your profile pic. Soooooo, your making music, right? Music programs don't utilize gpu hardware, correct? which would explain why you have a really crappy gpu.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>I'm a freeking detective <img alt=":mellow:" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://linustechtips.com/main/public/style_emoticons/default/mellow.png" title=":mellow:" /></p>

Edited July 6, 2013 by Ultimate_PIMP

[I'm Batman]

you dont need that RAM you dont even need half of that ram and probably not even 4/1 of that ram . but you will be cool when you tell your friends that you have 250 gb s of ram

[Ultimate_PIMP]

FRIG! what happened too my post?

[defunkt]

you dont need that RAM you dont even need half of that ram and probably not even 4/1 of that ram . but you will be cool when you tell your friends that you have 250 gb s of ram

You don't know what he needs it for :)

[I'm Batman]

You don't know what he needs it for :)

but im pretty sure he doesnt need it. I'm Batman if you havent notice yet.

[brownninja97]

You might as well use some of the ram as stupidly quick storage imagine boot speeds of ram. It would be bottlenecked by the hz of your monitor.

[Eric1024]

Guys he probably has a reason for needing it so don't question it, just try to answer his question.

 

As long as your board supports buffered dimms and as long as the operating system states that it can recognize that much ram, then it will work.

[AjAlien]

Has anybody used or use Windows 8 Pro with 128GB RAM or More? (Prefebly 256GB RAM, which is what i'm aiming for for my workstation) 

 

P.S. This thread was removed for some reason :/ 

256GB is not compatible with Windows 8 Pro 64Bit but It is with128GB.

 

Are you doing any work that involves signal integrity simulation? If so I understand why you would need that much RAM.

[FireFox]

Thought it was the same as Windows 7 Pro which can utilise 192GB

[NeoZeon]

The current computer I use at work has 848 gb of ram.... when you get over the 128 gb barrier its better to create a redhat server and ssh into it. 

[YellowDragon]

but im pretty sure he doesnt need it. I'm Batman if you havent notice yet.

The machine in his sig is a large workstation / server, 

 

Mobo - ASUS Z9PE-D16, CPU - Intel Xeon E5-2643 x 2, RAM - 256GB DDR3 ECC, Storage - 1.2 TB SSD (Samsung 840 Pro's) / 9TB HDD,

OS - Windows 8 PRO 64Bit, Soundcard - RME HDSPe AIO, Graphics - ASUS GeForce GT 610, Case - Silverstone RV01B-W

Hes running a dual socket motherboard and ECC RAM as well as some Xeons and 1.2 TB  of SSD and a GT610. This is a very specialized computer and its not meant for gaming of standard home desktop use, based on his coice of a non Quatro card hes using this for some pretty computationally intensive programs as well as server usage. For this kind of beast the more RAM the better, you might not have a use for it but I can see where it is necessary, If you were to host a website you would want as much RAM as you could shove in the thing for cache, this illeveates the common problem on websites that you will encounter a slow server,with more ram you dont have to backtrace data back to hard disk all the time which is slow and time consuming. 

 

Error-correcting code memory (ECC memory) is a type of computer data storage that can detect and correct the most common kinds of internal data corruption. ECC memory is used in most computers where data corruption cannot be tolerated under any circumstances, such as for scientific or financial computing.

 

 

The other thing is that this is a farcry from a standard consumer price point as  ECC RAM is stratospheric in its costs and can range anywhere from $80 for 8gb to over $300+ plus for 8gb sticks. If your buying this kind of hardware its for a business application and not playing Crysis. So yes in this instance he does need that much RAM and probably would go for more if he could.

[Guest]

I can't remember the specific program he uses but one of the audio sweets apparently likes to cache its instrument and track libraries into RAM.

I still hold my belief that 256GB of RAM is still a waste of both resources and financial return.

[NeoZeon]

I can't remember the specific program he uses but one of the audio sweets apparently likes to cache its instrument and track libraries into RAM.

I still hold my belief that 256GB of RAM is still a waste of both resources and financial return.

 

 

Not if you are using parallel processing. Then the ram is divided up by the cores. If hes running 12 cores, 256 gb of ram could be utilized. 

[5tephenm1o5]

Has anybody used or use Windows 8 Pro with 128GB RAM or More? (Prefebly 256GB RAM, which is what i'm aiming for for my workstation) 

 

P.S. This thread was removed for some reason :/ 

what will this be used for

[Guest]

I can't remember the specific program he uses but one of the audio sweets apparently likes to cache its instrument and track libraries into RAM.

I still hold my belief that 256GB of RAM is still a waste of both resources and financial return.

 

what will this be used for

[5tephenm1o5]

if it likes to be cached in ram why cant he buy a pci ssd like such:http://ocz.com/consumer/revodrive-3-x2-pcie-ssd

 

and save it on that that is extremely fast and will save him money on the rest of the build i took the like of the 240gb one but there are some up to a few TB

[KneesWeak]

if it likes to be cached in ram why cant he buy a pci ssd like such:http://ocz.com/consumer/revodrive-3-x2-pcie-ssd

 

and save it on that that is extremely fast and will save him money on the rest of the build i took the like of the 240gb one but there are some up to a few TB

i wouldnt call this a budget build so money doesnt seem to be too much of an issue, he didnt mention anything about a ram drive and when ur running dual xeons you might wanna think about that much ram, question is WILL WINDOWS 8 RECOGNIZE AND USE 256GB of ram best way would be to contact microsoft support, they usually give answers fast

[5tephenm1o5]

i wouldnt call this a budget build so money doesnt seem to be too much of an issue, he didnt mention anything about a ram drive and when ur running dual xeons you might wanna think about that much ram, question is WILL WINDOWS 8 RECOGNIZE AND USE 256GB of ram best way would be to contact microsoft support, they usually give answers fast

i think google would answer that, the question is where to find 32gb ram sticks

[andy_composer]

you dont need that RAM you dont even need half of that ram and probably not even 4/1 of that ram . but you will be cool when you tell your friends that you have 250 gb s of ram

 

I do need that much RAM. I use a program called Cubase 7. When I load the Orchestral VST Templates into Cubase 7 to create music it adds to the RAM. 

 

Library one - Hollywood Strings is 320GB Samples

Library two - Hollywood Brass is 155GB Samples

Library three - Hollywood Woodwinds is 150GB Samples

Library four - True Strike Percussion Etc... Etc....

 

When doing the music I write i do need that much RAM because I use lots and lots of instruments. 

 

256GB is not compatible with Windows 8 Pro 64Bit but It is with128GB.

 

Are you doing any work that involves signal integrity simulation? If so I understand why you would need that much RAM.

 

Windows Website says Windows 8 PRO is 512GB RAM Maximum, i posted on here because ive read that windows has problems with that much ram :\ and i got scared. 

 

if it likes to be cached in ram why cant he buy a pci ssd like such:http://ocz.com/consumer/revodrive-3-x2-pcie-ssd

 

and save it on that that is extremely fast and will save him money on the rest of the build i took the like of the 240gb one but there are some up to a few TB

PCI Express SSD is a good option, but id need a OCZ Revodrive of 1TB or more. The RAM Disks would be faster and considerably cheaper. 

 

what will this be used for

 

I write soundtrack/classical/orchestral style music. The Libraries I use are very CPU/RAM Intensive. 

 

Here is some of my music with Video. 

 

Edited July 7, 2013 by andy_composer

[andy_composer]

Also guys thankyou for replying to me. I know its a serious machine, but i'm just a student. But I am very serious about the music I do, which is why i'm stacking shelves 60 hours a week this summer to pay for this monster. 

 

I will more likely be using one CPU for now with 4x16GB RAM chips (64GB RAM) and seeing how I go with it, then if it starts bottle necking I can upgrade. 

 

Thankyou :)

[I'm Batman]

The machine in his sig is a large workstation / server, 

 

Mobo - ASUS Z9PE-D16, CPU - Intel Xeon E5-2643 x 2, RAM - 256GB DDR3 ECC, Storage - 1.2 TB SSD (Samsung 840 Pro's) / 9TB HDD,

OS - Windows 8 PRO 64Bit, Soundcard - RME HDSPe AIO, Graphics - ASUS GeForce GT 610, Case - Silverstone RV01B-W

Hes running a dual socket motherboard and ECC RAM as well as some Xeons and 1.2 TB  of SSD and a GT610. This is a very specialized computer and its not meant for gaming of standard home desktop use, based on his coice of a non Quatro card hes using this for some pretty computationally intensive programs as well as server usage. For this kind of beast the more RAM the better, you might not have a use for it but I can see where it is necessary, If you were to host a website you would want as much RAM as you could shove in the thing for cache, this illeveates the common problem on websites that you will encounter a slow server,with more ram you dont have to backtrace data back to hard disk all the time which is slow and time consuming. 

 

Error-correcting code memory (ECC memory) is a type of computer data storage that can detect and correct the most common kinds of internal data corruption. ECC memory is used in most computers where data corruption cannot be tolerated under any circumstances, such as for scientific or financial computing.

 

 

The other thing is that this is a farcry from a standard consumer price point as  ECC RAM is stratospheric in its costs and can range anywhere from $80 for 8gb to over $300+ plus for 8gb sticks. If your buying this kind of hardware its for a business application and not playing Crysis. So yes in this instance he does need that much RAM and probably would go for more if he could.

Dude i never read your posts they are too long...

[I'm Batman]

I do need that much RAM. I use a program called Cubase 7. When I load the Orchestral VST Templates into Cubase 7 to create music it adds to the RAM. 

 

Library one - Hollywood Strings is 320GB Samples

Library two - Hollywood Brass is 155GB Samples

Library three - Hollywood Woodwinds is 150GB Samples

Library four - True Strike Percussion Etc... Etc....

 

When doing the music I write i do need that much RAM because I use lots and lots of instruments. 

 

 

Windows Website says Windows 8 PRO is 512GB RAM Maximum, i posted on here because ive read that windows has problems with that much ram :\ and i got scared. 

 

PCI Express SSD is a good option, but id need a OCZ Revodrive of 1TB or more. The RAM Disks would be faster and considerably cheaper. 

 

 

I write soundtrack/classical/orchestral style music. The Libraries I use are very CPU/RAM Intensive. 

 

Here is some of my music with Video. 

 

WOW that was really nice work that 360p looks like others 1080p