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Want a PC With 192 GB of RAM?

Posted by timothy on from the yes-please dept.

ericatcw writes "Do you love the smooth, silky performance of a multi-core PC loaded to the gills with the fastest RAM? Take a look at Dell's new Precision T7500 desktop. According to Computerworld, the T7500 will come with 12 memory slots that can accommodate 16 GB of PC-106000 (1333 MHz) DDR3 RAM for a total of 192 GB. Dell's not the only one — Lenovo, Cisco (with blade servers reportedly up to 384 GB in memory) and Apple are all bringing out computers that leverage Intel's new Nehalem architecture to enable unprecedented amounts of RAM. But beware! Despite the depressed DRAM market, loading up on memory could see the cost of RAM eclipse the cost of the rest of your PC by 20-fold or more."

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  1. Re:Got that? by dave420 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or you could read the article and see that if you buy said Dell at $1,800, and fill it up with RAM from Dell, you end up paying $50,760, which is over 20-fold. But please don't let the article get in the way of you bitching about the article. Where's the fun in that?

  2. What Intel giveth... by hwyhobo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...Microsoft shall taketh away.

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  3. yea, slashdot I know- RTFA by way2trivial · · Score: 5, Informative

    and see page 2 of it.

    "An 8GB DDR3 memory module of the same speed costs between about $250 and $300 today.

    The price of 16GB DDR3 modules remains far loftier, however. They were first announced this month by vendors such as Samsung Electronics and Smart Modular Technologies.

    Samsung won't say how much it plans to charge, but Smart is charging PC makers $3,400 today for 16GB 1333-MHz RAM modules, a Smart spokeswoman said."

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  4. I see you're not running Eclipse by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Eclipse + VMWare ... you'll love every bit above 4G.

  5. Re:This shall do by Jamie's+Nightmare · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are people still modding these comments as funny?

    Linux Zealots are the ones doing the modding. To them, comments like these are not only funny, but provide a kind of sexual release somewhat similar to viewing a nude photo of Deanna Troi.

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  6. Boot time by nickdc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Memory Testing: 1K OK

    ... 5 hours later

    Memory Testing: 201326592K OK

    Yea no thanks :)

  7. Re:Got that? by OVDoobie · · Score: 5, Funny

    5/4 of people have trouble with fractions.

  8. Re:This shall do by the_humeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    To them, comments like these are not only funny, but provide a kind of sexual release somewhat similar to viewing a nude photo of Deanna Troi.

    OMG! Where???