EggXpert

I recently purchased a  Motherboard.

GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD

Number of Memory Slots     4×240pin
Memory Standard     DDR3 1666(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz

I hate ALL search engines and NewEgg's is no different.  I searched everywhere for the memory in the specs and got zero results. I searched for "4GB" memory simms, sticks (many ways) and got Zero results.  I got nothing but "2GB" sticks on NewEgg.

I searched Google and got one result that was way too expensive.

If you sell a motherboard, shouldn't you stock the memory for it?

My suggestion is that the page that shows the item also have links to ALL possible accessories (for the item) included on the page so that the customer doesn't have to spend hours searching for something that may not even exist.

 The motherboard I bought will hold 4X4GB(16GB) of memory but I was forced to buy only 4X2GB(8GB).  Now I'll bet in a couple of days the 4GB sticks will be on sale.

stargateok:

If you sell a motherboard, shouldn't you stock the memory for it?

If it's too expensive to be made, then no,  NewEgg likely wouldn't stock it.

 

stargateok:

My suggestion is that the page that shows the item also have links to ALL possible accessories (for the item) included on the page so that the customer doesn't have to spend hours searching for something that may not even exist.

The motherboard supports 4GB sticks out of the box, but very very few companies are actually making them because nobody is willing to pay 10X as much money for only 2X as much capacity per stick.  ie: There is no market or customers willing to buy them, they are expensive for a REASON.

 

stargateok:

 The motherboard I bought will hold 4X4GB(16GB) of memory but I was forced to buy only 4X2GB(8GB).  Now I'll bet in a couple of days the 4GB sticks will be on sale.

You are very wrong.. 4GB sticks of memory require a 2:1 die shrink on the memory microchips.. Do you have any idea how much that costs manuf.?  I mean, a die shrink from 65nm to 55nm costed nvidia something like 50 million dollars for each manuf. plant..So you're looking for chips that have a 2:1 die shrink, do you have any idea what you're asking for? If any, there may be one or two companies that went ahead and forked over the massive amount of cash which would be higher than the entire economies of several small countries in Africa combined, just to get ahead of the game and start producing 4GB sticks of DDR3..  Unfortunately, this means you sure aren't going to get them for the prices you're expecting..

The motherboards support 4GB sticks..  That's nice to have because when chip manuf. technology does improve to the point where they can put 32,000,000,000 bits (4 Gigabytes) on a single stick of high performance DDR3 memory then it's nice to have a motherboard that will be ready for it..

When die shrinking costs become financial viable for 4GB sticks of DDR3... Which would be the point where customers will be willing to pay maybe 4X as much money for twice as much capacity, then you can expect most manuf. to go ahead and upgrade all their plants to make the 4GB sticks of DDR3.  Until then, manufacturing costs are keeping 4GB sticks of DDR3 memory off the market..

That being said, we will probably see DDR3 4GB sticks start to really hit the mainstream around Q2 of 2010 at the earliest.

Edit: If you wanted ridiculous amount of RAM, that's what Socket 1366 is for, either that or go with a server/workstation grade motherboard with an Opteron or Xeon processor and ECC memory..

Edit #2: Here's your 2x4GB, it wasn't hard at all to find..   Memory -> DDR3 -> Capacity: 2x4GB. 

Pro Tip: Always use the navigation on the left to narrow your search

Pro Tip: Know what you're searching for.. "SIMMs" haven't been in PCs for over a decade.

As far as showing that the motherboard supports 4GB sticks when they're not really available for most people to buy?  It's a valid capability of the motherboard, so in my opinion, it's perfectly reasonable to list it.

There's a few considerations here...

To cross-map all compatible items in our inventory would be awesome, but the logistics are nearly impossible based on the variety of products we sell as well as the rate at which new products & revisions are released.

As Sid mentioned, 4GB DIMMS are still pretty rare right now, but you can still find them using the "Advanced Search" option.

First, navigate to Computer Hardware > Memory > Desktop Memory, then select "Advanced Search" on the left side.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=147&name=Desktop-Memory

 Locate the "Capacity" drop-down to filter the size & quantity desired:

 

Hope this helps!
Best Regards,
Paul

Thanks????

Ya, there's not much need in using the search box on NewEgg since NewEgg does such a great job categorizing everything..   NewEgg even has a "fanless" or "with fan" drop down for their graphics cards. I've never seen that on any other website and it's not really a feature that most card manuf. advertise..  However, having a passive cooled GPU has serious advantages and very real uses for Linux boxes, HTPCs, servers, and also PCs built to be as quiet as possible. So that's an important filter to have..  Also gamers, who want to filter out all the low end cards, can just choose active cooling cards, or even water cooled cards, and they'll pretty much get a list of the higher performance cards right there without having to make more difficult decisions to filter by such as the series or manuf. of the card.