RAM Capacity v.s. RAM Limit

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This is a quote from the article about the Threadripper family of CPUs today. Why would someone populate a motherboard with more RAM than is usable by the system?

"Threadripper features independent dual-channel memory controllers, one per die, that combine to provide quad-channel support with varying data transfer rates (outlined below) based upon memory configurations. The platform supports ECC memory and a functional limit of 256GB of RAM, though it can support up to 2TB of capacity as memory density increases."

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I am not sure I understand your question. What do you think is the max amount of ram ram usable by the system? It can theoretically support 128gb per dim slot, so if there comes a time where we can fit 128gb on a single ram stick it will support 1tb of ram across 8 sticks.

EDIT: Actually it would be theoretically 256gb per ram slot, not 128. My mistake.
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I am not sure I understand your question. What do you think is the max amount of ram ram usable by the system? It can theoretically support 128gb per dim slot, so if there comes a time where we can fit 128gb on a single ram stick it will support 1tb of ram across 8 sticks.

EDIT: Actually it would be theoretically 256gb per ram slot, not 128. My mistake.
 
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Currently, the limit is 256GB. As time goes on, and firmware changes, and RAM sticks increase in size...2TB.
Those numbers are relevant to exactly 0 people reading this.
 
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