i know i'm late on this but what the heck is dimm.2 and why?

[BootyDustBandit]

so Asus did a thing...a long time ago actually, and I have just now 'found out' about it. I actually knew about it for awhile but I figured it would just be some hardware thing that would pop up for a few weeks and die but they actually released a z390 board that includes it (which I just found out a about) so now I am actually interested somewhat. So what is it? is it faster? or is it just a way to save more space on the PCB for other things? or, again, a stupid thing that looks cool but actually sucks and is just a little cash grab by Asus?

[seagate_surfer]

Well, that's pretty much the RAM, there are two "types" of memory, the volatile memories and the non-volatile ones, which means that it will keep the files or not after a power cycle. The RAM memory is a volatile type of memory and the SSDs are nonvolatile for obvious reasons, and yes when one manufacturer decides to solder the RAM it is made to save space but that also means that the MOBO cannot be upgraded with more RAM (at least in 99% of the cases). You can check out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMM

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, seagate_surfer said:

Well, that's pretty much the RAM, there are two "types" of memory, the volatile memories and the non-volatile ones, which means that it will keep the files or not after a power cycle. The RAM memory is a volatile type of memory and the SSDs are nonvolatile for obvious reasons, and yes when one manufacturer decides to solder the RAM it is made to save space but that also means that the MOBO cannot be upgraded with more RAM (at least in 99% of the cases). You can check out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMM

I think he means DIMM.2, the ASUS M.2 to DIMM adapter thingie they have on some boards. Seems to me like it's a space saving thing, letting you put your M.2 SSDs where they can get better cooling instead of stuffing them behind a GPU or two, since it's usually on the higher end mobos. 

[BootyDustBandit]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I think he means DIMM.2, the ASUS M.2 to DIMM adapter thingie they have on some boards. Seems to me like it's a space saving thing, letting you put your M.2 SSDs where they can get better cooling instead of stuffing them behind a GPU or two, since it's usually on the higher end mobos. 

but what effect does it have on performance?

[Zando_]

Just now, BootyDustBandit said:

but what effect does it have on performance?

No idea, I assume it's the same as normal M.2 slots or else peeps would be complaining about it instead of happily using it in the build vids I've seen. 

[BootyDustBandit]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

No idea, I assume it's the same as normal M.2 slots or else peeps would be complaining about it instead of happily using it in the build vids I've seen. 

alright then