How reliable are 8G memory sticks?

[darsunt]

I'm in a situation where I might need 8G memory sticks. Besides being godawful expensive, I wonder if they are reliable or not, and whether they might run very hot.

Anyone played around with these>

Thanks

Mark

 

[hikaricloud]

I don't know if they are reliable or what, but I guarantee you most boards won't support them, and they'd be a huge waste of money either way.

 

[baron5]

I would say these would be suited for workstation computer that need high amounts of ram, they should run fine at the rated timings/speed but i wouldn't bet on overclocking them.

 

[zedman3d]

I would say these would be suited for workstation computer that need high amounts of ram, they should run fine at the rated timings/speed but i wouldn't bet on overclocking them.

Not even workstations, most have enough slots for multiple sticks of something less extravagant.

 

[darsunt]

Yes the price is horrible

One stick, $900. I could build pretty good system with that money.

On the other hand, if you absolutely have to MAX out the memory on a workstation board, what other choice do I have?

Tyan tech says they've tested them and they are stable. Of course they don't mind if I spends tons of cash...

How much more cost efficient is 4G stick?

 

[Tenenbaum]

Mind me asking, what do you need 8GB sticks for?

What are you running?
I'm almost positive your over thinking something.

 

[darsunt]

Physics workstation. Massive math calculations, no limit on memory needed.