AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

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mullen47 wrote:I know there is a limit stated of 8GB, has anyone tried more than this?
The 8GB limitation can be found in the Intel processor specifications. So you can be quite sure this is the actual limitation.

You can use one 8GB module instead of two 4GB modules. However, using dual channel is better for performance.
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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

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Caesar-NL wrote:
mullen47 wrote:I know there is a limit stated of 8GB, has anyone tried more than this?
The 8GB limitation can be found in the Intel processor specifications. So you can be quite sure this is the actual limitation.

You can use one 8GB module instead of two 4GB modules. However, using dual channel is better for performance.
Yeah, saw the intel specs indicating both mem and video each max 8GB support but surprisingly 16GB works, refer attached. There's another person who also confirmed this using kingston though I'm using crucial 2400 17cl (which is slightly faster than 2666 19cl).
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AS5304T - 16GB DDR4 - ADM-OS modded on 2GB RAM
Internal:
- 4x10TB Toshiba RAID10 Ext4-Journal=Off
External 5 Bay USB3:
- 4x2TB Seagate modded RAID0 Btrfs-Compression
- 480GB Intel SSD for modded dm-cache (initramfs auto update patch) and Apps

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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

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Interesting.

In the past I have seen similar things. A notebook that was suppose to support 2 GB max, turned out to be able to support 8 GB. Macs that were suppose to suppor 4 GB max, were able to support 6 GB, but not 8 GB.

Now you have to ask yourself if installing 16 GB is useful. I went from 2 GB to 8 GB, and most likely that is a bit overdone. Installing 16 GB would be very much over the top. It will not do any harm I suppose, but I don't think it will be of much use either.
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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

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Yes it's up to one's needs, anyway value ram modules are cheap nowadays. On top of the installable apps, I'm running quite a few custom fastcgi apps and currently using about 70% of the 16GB on the NAS with swap off. I'm really glad for this as it's rather painful on my previous NAS which kept trashing the swap frequently.
AS5304T - 16GB DDR4 - ADM-OS modded on 2GB RAM
Internal:
- 4x10TB Toshiba RAID10 Ext4-Journal=Off
External 5 Bay USB3:
- 4x2TB Seagate modded RAID0 Btrfs-Compression
- 480GB Intel SSD for modded dm-cache (initramfs auto update patch) and Apps

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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

Post by MadPup »

I believe the module that Asustor sells is a rebranded Samsung M471A5244BB0-CRC. I got a used one off ebay for about US$15 and it's working great. You can compare the module layout and the chip numbers to the picture on the Asustor website and you'll see they are identical.
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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

Post by jc333 »

mullen47 wrote:I know there is a limit stated of 8GB, has anyone tried more than this?
I tried a couple of these 8gb sticks just to see - and they work perfectly.


Crucial CT2K8G4SFS824A 16 GB Kit (8 GB x2) (DDR4, 2400 MT/s, PC4-19200, Single Rank x8, SODIMM, 260-Pin) Memory
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Re: AS5304T compatible 4Gb RAM

Post by d3viant »

How is the 16 GB kit working for you ? after a few months of useage .
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