02-27-2020, 09:07 PM
What's the best way to divvy up RAM between the two banks in a 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 DP?
Glut of RAM available is:
5 X 8GB
3 X 4GB
3 X 2GB
Obviously, highest count is to use all the 8's & 4's, but what is optimal structure?
8+8+8+8/8+4+4+4, or...
8+8+8+4/8+8+4+4, or...
8+8+4+8/8+8+4+4, or something else?
To have totally matching banks, we'd lose an 8 and a 4, and gain two 2's...
8+8+4+2/8+8+4+2, which is 44GB instead of 52GB, but then everything matches between the banks.
So what's the real best practice?
(while I have to keep futzing w/ the other (single proc) tower's phantom RAM slot issues)
Thanks.
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Glut of RAM available is:
5 X 8GB
3 X 4GB
3 X 2GB
Obviously, highest count is to use all the 8's & 4's, but what is optimal structure?
8+8+8+8/8+4+4+4, or...
8+8+8+4/8+8+4+4, or...
8+8+4+8/8+8+4+4, or something else?
To have totally matching banks, we'd lose an 8 and a 4, and gain two 2's...
8+8+4+2/8+8+4+2, which is 44GB instead of 52GB, but then everything matches between the banks.
So what's the real best practice?
(while I have to keep futzing w/ the other (single proc) tower's phantom RAM slot issues)
Thanks.
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