Theo Band wrote: > Ben Mohilef wrote: >> Overclocking the E6600 worked with the Corsair 800Mz memory, locked up >> randomly under load with slower memory. 4GB is all the P5B Deluxe will >> take. > Funny, I was advised to buy a ASUS P5B-VM since I need 8MB memory. > That would mean each of the 4 slots a 2GB DDR2 module. My local shop > suggests me to choose TWIN2XP2048-6400C4 (Corsair) but that are two > modules of each 1GB. I downloaded the ASUS manual and it tells that 8GB > memory is possible with 2GB modules but in the QVL only 1GB modules are > mentioned. > > I did a quick search on the internet, but couldn't find any module sized > 2GB occupying a single DDR2 slot. > > Background is that I want to have a motherboard that is capable of 8GB > for CAD applications but my feeling is that this is not the right board > to use. > So is 8GB possible at all? I suspect Tyan would have such a board, and you could find yourself using Xeon or Opteron. Probably the Tier 1 vendors also have ready-to-run workstations, not necessarily IA32/AMD-64. IBM's pSeries would be worth a look. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list