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Clarification request: Odd choice.

by R. Proffitt - 12/23/12 3:40 PM

In Reply to: Memory for ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 by jtplenge

If you follow the usual sites like tomshardware and more, this amount of ram is usually what we push into a database server. Gamers sometimes go for that or more ram hoping for another frame per second, but why do this given the results so far? Yeah, I know, bragging rights do matter.
Bob

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user jtplenge

John...

by VAPCMD - 12/23/12 4:19 PM

In Reply to: Memory for ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 by jtplenge

What's the intended use of the PC ? Really need/want 32GBs RAM ? If yes...best to get it upfront otherwise it may be hard to match as time goes on.

Re QVL.....there's lots of places to look but doubt you'll find a lot of the newest RAM (using the 8GB modules) listed for an older MBs like the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3. Places I'd look....RAM resellers like Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, etc; the ASUS forums for users with that same MB, Newegg.com for buyer remarks on those who bought that ASUS MB and who specify their system components, etc., etc., etc.,

Here's one link but note the pricing.....the higher-speed, lower-wait state RAM in the 8GB modules is expensive as you should expect.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=P8Z68-V%20PRO%2FGEN3&Cat=RAM

BTW ....why use slower RAM running as CAS 10 ? Aren't you looking to make it run fast ?

VAPCMD

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Short answer......no

by bob b - 12/23/12 4:24 PM

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It's a buy it and try it.
If it does not work you send it back.

Or these folks say they have ram that does work.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=P8Z68-V%20PRO%2FGEN3&Cat=RAM

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Thanks Everyone

by jtplenge - 12/23/12 6:21 PM

In Reply to: Short answer......no by bob b

Hi folks,

Thanks for the quick replies. To clarify - one of my hobbies is astronomical photography. This involves taking a large number (maybe 100 or so) of pictures of an astronomical object - a nebula, other galaxy, etc. These pictures are then processed and combined together using specialized image-processing software yielding a resulting picture which contains much more detail than in the individual exposures. During this process, a large number of temporary files is created. My goal is to create a large RAM disk and create the temporary files on the RAM disk instead of the hard drive, then store the final result on the hard drive. By doing this, I expect to dramatically speed up the process since I will avoid the delays caused by hard drive access.

I'm not a gamer, so I don't need the latest, greatest fastest memory, etc available, just about anything will be an improvement over placing my temporary files on the hard drive as I'm doing now.

I have found some memory on Newegg.com which is on the QVL, but it is 4 4-GB modules. I suspect 16 GB will be more than enough for what I'm after, but was wanting to have room to expand if necessary. The 4 GB modules are only 88.00 for 4, so that may be the way I go.

Thanks again,

John

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