drvnk
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I’m looking for help regarding memory for Supermicro X10 boards. I’m posting because I’ve read through the other threads which were started before the Kingston support issue, before 2014 and before 9.2 (in case that has any affect).
I currently have FreeNAS-9.2.1-RELEASE-x64 (bd35c86) on an ASROCK H87M Pro4, G3220 and 16gb non ecc to backup home pcs and an 8TB Synology Diskstation. I was going to continue using this cannibalized hardware (that I had lying around i.e. non ecc) but after reading the forums, decided, what good is a backup if it does get corrupted?
I get it. ECC or bust. I have the following components which I want to use for a Freenas 9.2 build:
E3-1220 v3 or G3220 (only supports 1333) (currently own)
9x Samsung 2TB HD204UI (currently own)
Supermicro card or LSI flashed IT (and 1 mobo sata) (currently own)
Ecc supporting mobo:Supermicro mobo MBD-X10SLM-F-O (planning to buy)
With the latest Kingston issues, I’ve been looking around, especially eBay. Best I can tell, Kingston was more affordable, more accessible and had straight forward model numbers.
I see the memory listed on Supermicro website. The EXACT MATCH of these 8gb Supermicro dimms are priced at $160. They are Samsung, Hynix and Micron. I did find some memory on eBay that was unbuffered $80-90 8gb dimms. There’s even an eBay seller with Supermicro memory that looks pretty generic.
Is the Supermicro part number simply a regular Micron, Samsung, Hynix dimm or is it ‘special?’ What are the things I’m looking for in the memory? unbuffered, unregistered? They all seem to be 1.35v or 1.5v. I get the feeling I should just avoid 1.35, as supermicro says it will run at 1.5. If I am savvy could I save a few hundred dollars on this or is it not recommended to assure compatibility?
Is it going to be too difficult to identify the correct ram to save $$$? Or is the only difference between one dimm and another, Supermicro in the name? Or is the Supermicro Ram a ‘different breed?’ I haven’t seen vendors who state compatibility with the X10. The following is recommended:
MEM-DR380L-HL01-EU16
Hynix
HMT41GU7MFR8C-PB
Hynix
H5TQ4G83MFR
2
RoHS
Low Profile
MEM-DR380L-SL01-EU16
Samsung
M391B1G73BH0-CK0
Samsung
K4B4G0846B-HCK0
2
RoHS
Low Profile
I’m trying to ‘do the right thing’ with ECC. How picky is the board going to be? I'm asking as I hope this could be a resource to others who are in the same situation. From the Haswell builds I have done, I've been really impressed. Since the price is SO CLOSE to an Ivy Bridge build, I figured I'd check it out.
According to Newegg review: MBD-X10SLL-F-O
“get ECC UNBUFFERED memory, not ECC registered
Make sure you don't buy Registered memory if your system requires Unbuffered.”
I currently have FreeNAS-9.2.1-RELEASE-x64 (bd35c86) on an ASROCK H87M Pro4, G3220 and 16gb non ecc to backup home pcs and an 8TB Synology Diskstation. I was going to continue using this cannibalized hardware (that I had lying around i.e. non ecc) but after reading the forums, decided, what good is a backup if it does get corrupted?
I get it. ECC or bust. I have the following components which I want to use for a Freenas 9.2 build:
E3-1220 v3 or G3220 (only supports 1333) (currently own)
9x Samsung 2TB HD204UI (currently own)
Supermicro card or LSI flashed IT (and 1 mobo sata) (currently own)
Ecc supporting mobo:Supermicro mobo MBD-X10SLM-F-O (planning to buy)
With the latest Kingston issues, I’ve been looking around, especially eBay. Best I can tell, Kingston was more affordable, more accessible and had straight forward model numbers.
I see the memory listed on Supermicro website. The EXACT MATCH of these 8gb Supermicro dimms are priced at $160. They are Samsung, Hynix and Micron. I did find some memory on eBay that was unbuffered $80-90 8gb dimms. There’s even an eBay seller with Supermicro memory that looks pretty generic.
Is the Supermicro part number simply a regular Micron, Samsung, Hynix dimm or is it ‘special?’ What are the things I’m looking for in the memory? unbuffered, unregistered? They all seem to be 1.35v or 1.5v. I get the feeling I should just avoid 1.35, as supermicro says it will run at 1.5. If I am savvy could I save a few hundred dollars on this or is it not recommended to assure compatibility?
Is it going to be too difficult to identify the correct ram to save $$$? Or is the only difference between one dimm and another, Supermicro in the name? Or is the Supermicro Ram a ‘different breed?’ I haven’t seen vendors who state compatibility with the X10. The following is recommended:
MEM-DR380L-HL01-EU16
Hynix
HMT41GU7MFR8C-PB
Hynix
H5TQ4G83MFR
2
RoHS
Low Profile
MEM-DR380L-SL01-EU16
Samsung
M391B1G73BH0-CK0
Samsung
K4B4G0846B-HCK0
2
RoHS
Low Profile
I’m trying to ‘do the right thing’ with ECC. How picky is the board going to be? I'm asking as I hope this could be a resource to others who are in the same situation. From the Haswell builds I have done, I've been really impressed. Since the price is SO CLOSE to an Ivy Bridge build, I figured I'd check it out.
According to Newegg review: MBD-X10SLL-F-O
“get ECC UNBUFFERED memory, not ECC registered
Make sure you don't buy Registered memory if your system requires Unbuffered.”