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… is the ram used in data centers even compatible with desktop PC. I hear a lot “cheap ram when bubble bursts”
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·6 hours agoNo. Its ecc ram and most PC motherboards aren’t compatible with it. If it crashes we might have cheap GPUs and cheap cloud gaming.
minus-squarenabladabla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoNot only ecc, but registered. Most AMD systems would be compatible with ecc u-dimm, but not with the r-dimm found in servers
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·6 hours agoThose of us running home labs will have a field day upgrading our own servers.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 hours agoUnfortunately not even then. Nowadays the GPUs are a pretty alien form factor, usually not pcie cards. SXM and now HGX. Datacenter gear has resembled consumer systems less and less after a period of getting closer in the 90s and 2000s.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 hours agoThe datacentre GPUs are also useless for consumers. They don’t have video output.
No. Its ecc ram and most PC motherboards aren’t compatible with it. If it crashes we might have cheap GPUs and cheap cloud gaming.
Not only ecc, but registered. Most AMD systems would be compatible with ecc u-dimm, but not with the r-dimm found in servers
Those of us running home labs will have a field day upgrading our own servers.
Unfortunately not even then. Nowadays the GPUs are a pretty alien form factor, usually not pcie cards. SXM and now HGX.
Datacenter gear has resembled consumer systems less and less after a period of getting closer in the 90s and 2000s.
The datacentre GPUs are also useless for consumers. They don’t have video output.