Of their respective press releases, ASRock and MSI confirmed off their motherboards utilizing a brand new 256GB package of Kingston’s Fury Renegade DDR5 reminiscence. ASRock demonstrated it engaged on a Z790 Nova WiFi, whereas MSI used its PRO X670-P WiFi. Though neither firm supplied a full record of motherboards that might be getting assist for 256GB of RAM, ASRock did be aware that it might be including assist “throughout Intel 700 collection and AMD AM5 Sequence motherboards.”
That may imply Intel’s older 600 collection motherboards will not be getting the replace that makes 256GB kits suitable, not less than not initially. Each ASRock and MSI acknowledged they have been engaged on increasing assist to “numerous chipsets,” which can simply confer with future chipets or lower-end chipsets within the Intel 700 and AMD 600 collection, however will hopefully additionally embody Intel 600 chipsets and boards too.
It was earlier this 12 months that DDR5-equipped motherboards acquired updates to make them suitable with brand-new 196GB kits of reminiscence, and although 256GB is one other huge improve, it won’t be the final. Micron beforehand acknowledged its 1-beta reminiscence chips ought to enable for 128GB sticks of RAM, which might imply a complete of 512GB in a four-stick package for mainstream desktops. These increased capability DDR5 chips are anticipated to come back out within the first half of subsequent 12 months.
