Are any motherboards for the Xeon 5600-series capable of taking more than 288GB max RAM?

Question

Can any motherboards for the Xeon 5600-series / LGA 1366 socket take any more than 288GB max RAM capacity? (I haven't been able to find any mass-marketed tower-based servers or workstations that take above 288GB when I researched it myself, and most only seem to take 192GB total anyway.)

For example, are there any LGA 1366, pre-configured tower-based models that can take say between 384-512GB or more RAM? If so, can you please give a few examples and/or links? (My apologies as I am not very familiar with the underlying hardware, and while I am proficient with various software, I am a relative hardware novice.)

Answer 1

Yes, but you won't find many companies that advertise support for more than 192GB. This is because when they were last updated (2 years ago) the limit was 6x16GB per CPU. This limit is imposed by the fact that 16GB DIMMs were only available in quad-ranked configurations and Intel memory controllers only support 8 ranks of memory. Three memory controllers per CPU - well you can do the math.



Since that time 16GB dual-rank DIMMs made an appearance which means some newer boards, or ones that got re-certified/updated, have their advertised limits at 288GB (18x16GB now available).



32GB LR-DIMMs also came out, and soon 64GB will, but existing systems need a BIOS update to support load-reduced DIMMs. Obviously this allows 384GB support with 12x32GB. HP have some systems that support 32GB LR-DIMMs, such as the BL460c G7 blade servers: http://bit.ly/Izf3ol



Super Micro also have a list of boards that support them: http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/LRDIMM.cfm

Answer 2

No, you will never be waiting to place greater suitable than 2GBs of RAM in it. you will possibly be able to desire to be waiting to in case you have been to get a BIOS replace for the motherboard. merely so which you already know, make certain that once updating the skill to the computer will stay on the full time. If something is going incorrect throughout the replace you will ought to purchase a sparkling BIOS chip.

Answer 3

Doubtful, at this time.

Answer 4

512GB of RAM? Do you think it will be enough? Moron!