G.Skill Double Capacity???

[Qrtrmstr2k]

Someone....what on earth is this article referring to? 

 

Last paragraph in the article, apparently G.Skill is developing Trident Z RGB DC (standing for Double Capacity) so the PCB isn’t so packed? What?!!! Is this supposed to be DDR4 RAM sticks that are double in height and will create CPU cooler issues? 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.hothardware.com/news/asus-z390-maximus-xi-extreme-motherboard-leaks

[partymarty]

They are 2 times as high, so you can stick way more memory in motherboards that only have 2 slots.

[TVwazhere]

Link to actaul Videocardz article

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-z390-maximus-xi-extreme-and-gene-leaked

 

Quote

The Z390 from ASUS bring another feature, which is double-capacity ram support. We have pictures of something called ASUS ZADAK and GKILL’s Trident Z RGB DC memories. Both to be supported by ASUS Maximus XI series (Extreme/Gene).

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, VegetableStu said:

that will most definitely interfere with a lot of tower-based coolers out there ._.

Assuming they're not "100% RAM compatible" the Cryorig's universal series where the fan stays behind the RAM. But for sure large coolers like NH-D15 and Dark Rock Pro 4 will be affected by this.

[Qrtrmstr2k]

1 minute ago, partymarty said:

They are 2 times as high, so you can stick way more memory in motherboards that only have 2 slots.

Yeah this is STUPID!!! Who is going to make coolers to support this nonsense and how long are those gonna take to hit the market? Besides, typically we see 2 module slots on the smallest boards, and builds using those boards are typically completed by/for gamers that don’t need large amounts of RAM.

 

Not to mention you can move up from macro to micro sized boards that have 4 slots, buying a dual slot board and then using these large footprint modules kinda defeats the purpose of building a macro build....this makes no sense and I can’t imagine this being successful.

[Dredgy]

Super psyched that support for high capacity memory is coming for ITX boards.

But yeah, why this form factor? 32GB DIMMs are already a thing, or will they be putting higher capacities on a stick?

 

Also, in a small form factor build I am worried about the height, I don’t think one of these will fit in my DAN case - but I’m hoping just normal 32GB dimms will be supported.

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[Doobeedoo]

Neat stuff to be able to get twice the memory per module, thought they could've fit it in standard form factor, just denser. 

Also those going for these wil probably not worry much about cooler interference, going AiO most of the time. 

[Origami Cactus]

Are these 64gb dimms or why are they so big?

32gb dimms that are normal height already exist.