x16 and x8 orangization

[LucasXD]

what is the difference between x16 and x8 dimm organization?
and what organization would this be: http://goo.gl/Tbyugw
thanks

 

[Tradesman1]

X8 and X16 are generally a reference to what your PCI-E slots are running at and have nothing to do with DRAM - your link is to a single 4GB stick of DRAM - if used by itself it would run in single channel mode

 

[LucasXD]

thanks for the answer, but you might want to read up on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_rank
yes, i understand its usually used to describe pci-e but its also something to do with ram

 

[Tradesman1]

Yes it can be X16 is not often seen, it popped up with DDR and with DDR2 but as said seldom, sorry I made an assumption, and yes I know the meaning of ASSUME. 😉 Sorry bout that

 

[brispuss]

The x8 and x16 refer to data width, in bits, of memory chips used in memory modules. x16 is not often used; x8 is far more common.

Part number KVR667D2D4F5/4GI uses x4 bit width memory chips.

Please note that this 4 GB DDR2 module is fully buffered with ECC. It will only work in systems that accepts fully buffered memory, it will not work in computer that takes standard un-buffered memory.