[ale] Ot: ddr3 dual mode

[Jim Kinney]

150 W won't drive even the RAM in the systems I build :-)

With dual, huge CPUs, monster GPU and coprocessor cards, 1.4 KW are my
little ones. Next gen are 2KW.

If this gear was in my house, I could use this as a furnace or hot water
supply.
On Feb 25, 2016 11:44 PM, "DjPfulio" <DjPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> I use cheap power supplies.
>
> Would much rather spend money on a quality ups. Only once in 30 plus years
> has a power supply caused issues.
>
> However, I have been purchasing Seasonic ultra quiet PSU's the last 8
> years. Quiet is more important than anything else to me these days.
>
> Plus none of my systems requires more than 150 watts of power so those
> huge 750 watt power supplies are a complete waste in my environment. If you
> stay away from AMD desktop CPUs and Intel Core i7 CPUs then the power
> requirements are much less.
>
> On 25 February 2016 17:37:44 GMT-05:00, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On February 25, 2016 5:34:42 PM EST, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Part 2 YES! and so can bad power. NEVER use a crappy, cheap, light in
>>> weight, power supply no matter what the sticker says it is rated at. I
>>> once
>>> knew of a vendor of computer parts in Norcross who had power supplies
>>> without stickers and put what ever sticker on the power supply that the
>>> customer wanted (back in those days something like 150, 200 or 250
>>> Watt) on
>>> the same supplies. I expect the quality of even crappy power supplies
>>> is
>>> better now than then (nearly 30 years ago), but when it comes to power
>>> supplies, you pretty much get what you pay for and heavier power
>>> supplies
>>> have more capacity to maintain the rated output, esp in noisy AC supply
>>> environments.
>>>
>>
>> +100
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Ok I did put them in two slots 0 and 1 which were in blue color. But
>>>>  memtest still shows single channel mode. Maybe is bios option or
>>>>
>>> something
>>>
>>>>  else I didn't had time to play. PC is part from equipment buried
>>>>
>>> behind
>>>
>>>>  wires so no time to do it twice.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks for all opinions.
>>>>
>>>>  Part 2 question:
>>>>
>>>>  Can bad memory ruin
>>>> Windows install?
>>>>  On Feb 25, 2016 3:38 PM, "Greg Clifton" <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Yes, start with the lowest numbered slots as mentioned above 0 or 1
>>>>>
>>>> as
>>>
>>>>  the case may be, but the like colored slots should be labeled 0A and
>>>>>
>>>> 0B or
>>>
>>>>  1A and 1B and 2A and 2B, and so forth. Most motherboards can work
>>>>>
>>>> with a
>>>
>>>>  single memory module installed and in a single CPU motherboard, it
>>>>>
>>>> probably
>>>
>>>>  won't matter which color slots you use, but in order to benefit from
>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>
>>>>  dual channel nature (and
>>>>> thus best memory performance) of the
>>>>>
>>>> motherboard,
>>>
>>>>  put the modules in like colored slots.
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:06 PM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com>
>>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>  On 02/25/2016 12:36 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I have 2 sticks by 2gb. My mobo has 4 slots 2 dark and 2 light
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  colored. Where
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  should I insert sticks to get dual channel working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  No Google time. Don't shoot me :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Every motherboard is different, so if you don't look it up, you'll
>>>>>>
>>>>> never
>>>
>>>>  know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  RTFM for the motherboard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Put them in the same colored slots starting with slot 0.  That
>>>>>>
>>>>> should be
>>>
>>>>  safe to
>>>>>>  get the most performance.
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