OMG - 48GB RAM running on i7 990X LGA 1366 - Consumer!

I am very rarely surprised about computers, specification, limits but I ran across this video clearly showing a Consumer LGA 1366 6XDIMM running 6X8GB or 48GB of RAM! It ran on an Intel i7 990X which is 'rated' for 24GB and on a Gigabyte G1.Assassin which is also 'rated' for 24GB or 4GB/DIMM density!

Gigabyte G1.Assassin - http://www.gigabyte.us/products/pr [...] id=3752#sp
6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of system memory
Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules

Intel i7 990X - http://ark.intel.com/products/5258 [...] Intel-QPI)
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type): 24 GB
Memory Types: DDR3-1066

Now if I were in Vegas my wad of money would be poof aka gone. I know the LGA Xeon can handle the 8GB/stick density, but not the Consumer i7 9XX lines.

Installation and proof of 6X8GB (48GB total):


Prime95 95 hour custom test for 48GB:

geez! What is this world coming to?

Apple branded video card?

There's nothing 'mysterious' about the Apple decal, Linus did an unboxing of the Apple iPad2 and thought it was 'funny' to stick it on the GTX 590.

Scoll through ~3 minutes to see the 'mystery unfold' -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiZT81AiE7w

So it runs 48gb of ram, how is this surprising?

They didn't have 8gb dimms back then, which is likely why they said it's limits were 24gb. No different than old Socket A mobos that said max was 1gb (256x4) and people were running 2gb (512x4)

you have been able to install more memory than the motherboards/cpu's rated specs since forever. this is nothing new, it is not a one off, but it doesnt mean it will necessarily work, or be stable.

This is almost never true, and I've seen far too many posts where the __GB/DIMM was exceeded and either Post Failure or the 'spec' RAM limit was available to the OS with the remainder H/W Reserved. Further, not to be confused with a bad stick(s).

Heck it's EASY to say after-the-fact ... 'I knew it would work!'