• 4am@lemmy.zip
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    11 hours ago

    Server RAM isn’t much different from PC ram - same slot, etc.

    Probably has less RGB. If it’s used in storage it’s probably ECC? It’ll work in your PC though. Not everyone needs 8kMT/sec

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      11 hours ago

      It’s a different standard, different pinout, look up HBM

      Mechanically and electrically incompatible

      Probably there will be some kid smelting chips in some third world country for some pennies in exchange of lung cancer, and some other resoldering them on AliExpress cards

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        9 hours ago

        Not all data center memory is HBM, there’s still plenty of standard DDR4 (ECC) & DRR5 used in production as it’s easier and cheaper to replace if it fails. Although, you are correct that a lot of it is HBM.

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        10 hours ago

        I look forward to having Grace Hopper chips remanufactured onto ATX boards in half a decade or so, but it’s still cold comfort that we can’t have affordable hardware today.

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      10 hours ago

      Most consumer boards don’t support ECC or registered memroy. If you’re lucky yours will, but I wouldn’t count on it at all.