"Meanwhile, the new UDIMMs feature a slightly different pinout and layout than JEDEC-standardized modules, so they are compatible only with ASUS's ROG Z390 MAXIMUS XI APEX, ROG Maximus XI Gene, and ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING motherboards."
I predict very large numbers of 1 star reviews and extremely high return rates from consumers who fail to read the specs closely enough; and assume the ram will work on their board because it's DDR4 and they have DDR4 and either didn't see the compatibility list at all or assumed it was just a "we tested with" list, not a "these are the only boards to support the non-standard stuff we did to make this work.
This specialty memory and the validation process just for those boards and the sheer capacity of these... It's just going to be priced out of 99.9% of people's reach. So I kind of doubt that people would buy these in droves to leave "very large numbers of 1 star reviews"...
Yup, there will be a lot of confused consumers out there that don't know and send them back for a refund. I hope those pin changes don't cause a short circuit that releases the magic smoke on standard motherboards. That would be fun for G.Skill's support department to deal with.
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DanNeely - Thursday, October 11, 2018 - link
"Meanwhile, the new UDIMMs feature a slightly different pinout and layout than JEDEC-standardized modules, so they are compatible only with ASUS's ROG Z390 MAXIMUS XI APEX, ROG Maximus XI Gene, and ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING motherboards."I predict very large numbers of 1 star reviews and extremely high return rates from consumers who fail to read the specs closely enough; and assume the ram will work on their board because it's DDR4 and they have DDR4 and either didn't see the compatibility list at all or assumed it was just a "we tested with" list, not a "these are the only boards to support the non-standard stuff we did to make this work.
JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, October 11, 2018 - link
This specialty memory and the validation process just for those boards and the sheer capacity of these... It's just going to be priced out of 99.9% of people's reach. So I kind of doubt that people would buy these in droves to leave "very large numbers of 1 star reviews"...PeachNCream - Thursday, October 11, 2018 - link
Yup, there will be a lot of confused consumers out there that don't know and send them back for a refund. I hope those pin changes don't cause a short circuit that releases the magic smoke on standard motherboards. That would be fun for G.Skill's support department to deal with.peterfares - Thursday, October 11, 2018 - link
But why make them this way? It's possible to make normal 32GB UDIMM's as evidenced by the (very hard to get) Samsung 32GB ones that exist.ViRGE - Thursday, October 11, 2018 - link
Presumably because no one can get the DRAM that Samsung uses for those? As you've accurately noted, it's very hard to get.yuhong - Thursday, October 11, 2018 - link
The problem is that 16Gbit DDR4 isn't common yet.James5mith - Friday, October 12, 2018 - link
Why are companies going this route rather than just producing 32GB standard DIMM's like Samsung is doing?