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Can I upgrade framework 16 to 96gb/128GB ram? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by ducdigital@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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I placed an order but the max ram writen on the website seems to indicate 64GB max. But out of curiosity, is it possible to upgrade to 2x48GB or 2x64GB DDR5-5600 on the framework 16? Will it be support by the motherboard?

As as far as I check the Ryzen 9 7940hs does support up to 256GB of ram.

Crucial currently has the 48Gb dimm available.

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[–] bluefinballistics@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

To add another software development perspective onto this, both Linux and windows cache files in unused memory pages.

So even if you had 128GB of ram and were using “only” 32 of it, say, your OS could make (around, actual number is slightly less due to various OS-nerdy things) 96GB worth of files accessible at RAM-speed, which is still better than even fast SSDs.