Motherboard maker MSI has simply introduced full assist so that you can put a colossal quantity of RAM in both your Intel or AMD motherboard. Due to a spherical of BIOS updates, MSI’s boards can now assist as much as 256GB of RAM unfold out over 4 64GB modules (fortunately not like our comedian mockup above!), though you’ll should be performing some critical multi-tasking with huge recordsdata to make that value your whereas.
A lot of the finest gaming RAM kits lately comprise 16GB or 32GB of reminiscence, with the latter shortly turning into the brand new normal, however for some individuals you possibly can by no means have sufficient RAM. In case you’re the type of energy consumer who likes to run a great deal of digital machines, whereas additionally enhancing video, concurrently engaged on a great deal of uncompressed, high-resolution TIF recordsdata in Photoshop, and having a sport operating within the background, then having extra reminiscence is all the time useful, although it’s a wrestle to think about any normal desktop consumer someway needing 256GB of it.
MSI initially introduced its plans to assist 256GB of reminiscence on its motherboards on the finish of final yr, with a spherical of BIOS updates for AMD boards coming in January 2024, however now you may also set up an infeasible-sounding quantity of RAM in an Intel motherboard too. MSI has simply launched BIOS updates for 12 motherboards based mostly on Intel’s B760 and Z790 chipsets, which can allow them to assist 256GB of reminiscence, and the corporate guarantees that assist for the remainder of the Intel vary will probably be coming in late February and early March.
In the meantime, the whole thing of MSI’s vary of Socket AM5 motherboard for AMD CPUs, such because the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, now additionally helps as much as 256GB of RAM. That’s, after all, if you’ll find a package of 4 64GB normal DDR5 sticks anyplace. MSI says that Kingston will probably be providing its Fury Renegade DDR5 reminiscence in 64GB modules sooner or later, utilizing superior DRAM chips based mostly on Micron’s 1-beta lithography.
Bizarre as it could appear, there’ll certainly come a day when 256GB of reminiscence is normal. I bear in mind laughing on the spec sheet for a motherboard within the Nineteen Nineties that might be upgraded to 128MB of RAM, when my machine had 8MB, however we handed the purpose the place 128MB was acceptable a very long time in the past now.
In case you’re seeking to construct a gaming PC now, I like to recommend putting in 32GB of reminiscence, because it allows you to have a great deal of tabs open in Chrome, whereas additionally operating loads of different software program.
