By: Yuhong Bao (yuhongbao_386.delete@this.hotmail.com), January 2, 2021 6:29 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Maxwell (max.delete@this.a.com) on January 2, 2021 9:45 am wrote:
> Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com) on January 2, 2021 6:09 am wrote:
> > Björn Ragnar Björnsson (bjorn.ragnar.delete@this.gmail.com) on January 1, 2021 8:41 pm wrote:
> > > Now that the "hot" (not thermally speaking) CPUs are from AMD and they do in fact support
> > > ECC, I have the distinct feeling from my wanderings on the Web that desktop ECC offerings
> > > are on the rise although I suspect that Crucial/Micron have at the same time been cutting
> > > back on their unbuffered ECC selection. Strange times indeed.
> >
> > I heard that Crucial had just exited that market, but they recently
> > launched DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMMs to my great surprise:
> >
> > https://www.crucial.com/memory/server-ddr4/mta9asf2g72az-3g2b1
> > https://www.crucial.com/memory/server-ddr4/mta18asf4g72az-3g2b1
> >
> > In Europe they're quite reasonably priced too.
>
> These are Micron branded modules which aren't sold direct. And
> since there isn't strong retail demand, the markup is high.
>
> So the price went up, but Micron isn't making more money. Good job guys.
>
> Max
>
Yea, they recently stopped selling anything other than mainstream unbuffered DIMMs and SO-DIMMs through Crucial, and refer server RAM buyers to the Micron brand.
> Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com) on January 2, 2021 6:09 am wrote:
> > Björn Ragnar Björnsson (bjorn.ragnar.delete@this.gmail.com) on January 1, 2021 8:41 pm wrote:
> > > Now that the "hot" (not thermally speaking) CPUs are from AMD and they do in fact support
> > > ECC, I have the distinct feeling from my wanderings on the Web that desktop ECC offerings
> > > are on the rise although I suspect that Crucial/Micron have at the same time been cutting
> > > back on their unbuffered ECC selection. Strange times indeed.
> >
> > I heard that Crucial had just exited that market, but they recently
> > launched DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMMs to my great surprise:
> >
> > https://www.crucial.com/memory/server-ddr4/mta9asf2g72az-3g2b1
> > https://www.crucial.com/memory/server-ddr4/mta18asf4g72az-3g2b1
> >
> > In Europe they're quite reasonably priced too.
>
> These are Micron branded modules which aren't sold direct. And
> since there isn't strong retail demand, the markup is high.
>
> So the price went up, but Micron isn't making more money. Good job guys.
>
> Max
>
Yea, they recently stopped selling anything other than mainstream unbuffered DIMMs and SO-DIMMs through Crucial, and refer server RAM buyers to the Micron brand.