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The Difference Between a Standard DIMM and a Cudimm or Csodimm

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So it's like buffer amp for just clock lines?

That's my understanding as well. It's a dedicated clock directly on the module to allow for faster and more reliable clock signals, versus drawing it from the motherboard where the signal could be generated very far away from the modules (relatively speaking). I suppose once signals are so low voltage and operating at such high frequencies, there start to be integrity issues.

This article is quite good in the way that is informative without giving the wft? reaction that many of the articles on this site give. I occasionally read their articles and I have very low expectations from a site that is called serve the home and deals too often with enterprise level hardware that will never get into someone's home, like $10,000 switches or $50,000 servers. Or dubious conclusions like a recent one about a certain piece of hardware from one of my preferred manufacturers that is praised as the `God given gift to humans` with excelent price that is ... about 3-4 times a decent or good price. It sounds so much as paid advertisement.

I enjoy reading the review of $10,000 switches the same way I enjoy reading the reviews of a McLaren or a Ferrari in my favourite car magazine. Sure I'll never be able to afford one, but it's good to know what technology exists out there that in 10-20 years time might make it to more affordable units. And when the magazine does a review of the Honda Civic Type-R and the writer says they had nearly as much fun driving this as they had last month driving the Ferrari, I have an extra large grin on my face next time I'm getting into my Civic Type-R

And STH does plenty of reviews of stuff that's very affordable. I recently needed a 2.5 GbE switch with some level of management (vlan tagging) and PoE for my homelab, and their "The Ultimate Cheap Fanless 2.5GbE Switch Buyers Guide" was an invaluable resource

https://www.servethehome.com/the-ultimate-cheap-2-5gbe-switc...

"STH may say “home” in the title which confuses some. Home is actually a reference to a users /home/ directory in Linux. We scale from those looking to have in home or office servers all the way up to some of the largest hosting organizations in the world. This site is dedicated to helping professionals and enthusiasts stay atop of the latest server, storage and networking trends."

https://www.servethehome.com/about/

The confusion seems to be intentional. I never read the "About" page on any news site. Tomshardware, Anandtech, GamersNexus, HardwareUnboxed etc, why would you put an explanation hidden in an "About" page for a bad name of the site?

> I have very low expectations from a site that is called serve the home and deals too often with enterprise level hardware that will never get into someone's home

That's an uncharitable interpretation of a site's name. Is HN only for news, or only news for or with hackers? It's not called "serve only the home". On top of that, what plenty of people have in their home just for the sake of passion for tech might surprise you.

Sadly, virtually everyone with experience in enterprise IT is working in enterprise IT so there are very few outlets doing independent reviews. Pricing is especially tricky because customers don't want to get their 80% discount revoked and it's hard for non-customers to get real information.

This “article” is a dozen of photos with little to no content

>a site that is called serve the home and deals too often with enterprise level hardware that will never get into someone's home, like $10,000 switches or $50,000 servers.

The website Serves The HomeLab, which is often comprised of used surplus enterprise hardware sold for pennies and dimes by the pound when their Use By date expires.

I actually don't like the host and his style of speech/presentation (I don't even remember his name), he comes off fake and disingenuous, but what he presents is certainly relevant to the intended audience of sysadmins both amateurs and professionals.

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