Ok... so like many others before me, I'm going to pull the trigger on the Supermicro X9SCM-F-O mobo and an appropriate Xeon CPU.  Have done my due diligence and am pretty happy with everything.

 

But for one thing... is there anywhere even remotely UK based that is selling 8GB sticks of memory for this motherboard?!  I want to fully populate it to 32GB, so really don't want to lock myself into buying 4x4GB at this time.  I've found Crucial doing 'compatible' sticks @ £169.19 for a 16GB kit.    Nothing at Lambdatek, Scan or Aria.  Well, there's two 8GB Hypertec 'equivalent' sticks showing at Lambdatek, but I'd prefer the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing someone else'd used these in this board.  Especially as I intend to go the ESXi route.  Ditto for the Crucial stuff I suppose.

 

Can anyone suggest a supplier on this side of the pond that doesn't want to charge an arm and a leg and actually has known compatible stuff in stock?

 

 

Regards,

overbyrn

Ok... so like many others before me, I'm going to pull the trigger on the Supermicro X9SCM-F-O mobo and an appropriate Xeon CPU.  Have done my due diligence and am pretty happy with everything.

 

But for one thing... is there anywhere even remotely UK based that is selling 8GB sticks of memory for this motherboard?!  I want to fully populate it to 32GB, so really don't want to lock myself into buying 4x4GB at this time.  I've found Crucial doing 'compatible' sticks @ £169.19 for a 16GB kit.    Nothing at Lambdatek, Scan or Aria.  Well, there's two 8GB Hypertec 'equivalent' sticks showing at Lambdatek, but I'd prefer the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing someone else'd used these in this board.  Especially as I intend to go the ESXi route.  Ditto for the Crucial stuff I suppose.

 

Can anyone suggest a supplier on this side of the pond that doesn't want to charge an arm and a leg and actually has known compatible stuff in stock?

 

 

Regards,

overbyrn

 

 

I have these on my board: Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/16.

 

 

Been running without a problem and was the only in stock here in Holland. Did you try memoryc.com?

 

Not in stock but expected 27 feb.

 

http://www.memoryc.com/memory/KVR1333D3E9SK2-16G.html

I'm only using two 4GB modules on my X9SCM-iiF, but I simply used the Kingston memory selector which, among others, offered me KVR16E11/4HC.  This is working perfectly.

 

Just as an aside, why are you opting for the X9SCM-F, rather than the slightly newer iiF?  If you receive old stock of the X9SCM-F, out of the box it may not be compatible with an Ivy Bridge processor.

I'm only using two 4GB modules on my X9SCM-iiF, but I simply used the Kingston memory selector which, among others, offered me KVR16E11/4HC.  This is working perfectly.

 

Just as an aside, why are you opting for the X9SCM-F, rather than the slightly newer iiF?  If you receive old stock of the X9SCM-F, out of the box it may not be compatible with an Ivy Bridge processor.

Cost.  My chosen supplier assures me (in writing) the X9SCM-F will come with rev 2 BIOS.  I'll trust them and should it not, it'll go back.

Answering my own question.  For anyone else in the UK who's wanting to fully populate the X9SCM-F-O to 32gb and needs 4 x 8gb modules; Crucial or Mr Memory.  Both have current stock of compatible memory modules.

 

Personally I chose 2 x 16GB (2x8GB) kits from Crucial - however, DON'T buy it directly from Crucial unless you want to pay over the odds.  Instead enter the Crucial part code (CT2KIT102472BD1339) into Lambda-tek instead.  Crucial price - £143.99 inc VAT, Lamda-tek for same item - £112 inc VAT.  Lambda-tek currently have stock also.  Came next day.  No affiliation to them, just wanted to share they seem pretty competitive and knowledgable.  Had long chat with guy who new all about v2.0 BIOS / IvyBridge vs SandyBridge etc. and was spot on by saying the board would turn up with v2.0 BIOS already onboard.  v2.0b in my case.

 

 

 

 

Answering my own question.  For anyone else in the UK who's wanting to fully populate the X9SCM-F-O to 32gb and needs 4 x 8gb modules; Crucial or Mr Memory.  Both have current stock of compatible memory modules.

 

Personally I chose 2 x 16GB (2x8GB) kits from Crucial - however, DON'T buy it directly from Crucial unless you want to pay over the odds.  Instead enter the Crucial part code (CT2KIT102472BD1339) into Lambda-tek instead.  Crucial price - £143.99 inc VAT, Lamda-tek for same item - £112 inc VAT.  Lambda-tek currently have stock also.  Came next day.  No affiliation to them, just wanted to share they seem pretty competitive and knowledgable.  Had long chat with guy who new all about v2.0 BIOS / IvyBridge vs SandyBridge etc. and was spot on by saying the board would turn up with v2.0 BIOS already onboard.  v2.0b in my case.

Can you tell me where you brought your Supermicro X9SCM-iiF motherboard from. I ordered one from Lambdatek and they held onto my money for over a month before telling me again I was going to have to wait another two weeks for it, terrible company to deal with. They advertise 100 in stock and take your money then palm you off every two weeks. I have had so many problems with items I ordered from them being faulty or broken I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole ever again, but I really want this motherboard and Im not paying £280 that Amazon are asking for it and nowhere else in the UK seems to have them.

 

Thanks

Answering my own question.  For anyone else in the UK who's wanting to fully populate the X9SCM-F-O to 32gb and needs 4 x 8gb modules; Crucial or Mr Memory.  Both have current stock of compatible memory modules.

 

Personally I chose 2 x 16GB (2x8GB) kits from Crucial - however, DON'T buy it directly from Crucial unless you want to pay over the odds.  Instead enter the Crucial part code (CT2KIT102472BD1339) into Lambda-tek instead.  Crucial price - £143.99 inc VAT, Lamda-tek for same item - £112 inc VAT.  Lambda-tek currently have stock also.  Came next day.  No affiliation to them, just wanted to share they seem pretty competitive and knowledgable.  Had long chat with guy who new all about v2.0 BIOS / IvyBridge vs SandyBridge etc. and was spot on by saying the board would turn up with v2.0 BIOS already onboard.  v2.0b in my case.

Can you tell me where you brought your Supermicro X9SCM-iiF motherboard from. I ordered one from Lambdatek and they held onto my money for over a month before telling me again I was going to have to wait another two weeks for it, terrible company to deal with. They advertise 100 in stock and take your money then palm you off every two weeks. I have had so many problems with items I ordered from them being faulty or broken I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole ever again, but I really want this motherboard and Im not paying £280 that Amazon are asking for it and nowhere else in the UK seems to have them.

 

Thanks

Probably not what you're going to want to hear, but I got my motherboard from Lambda-tek.  I didn't get the iiF though. Only the F-O.  Like you, I wanted the newer board but didn't fancy paying Amazon prices. 

 

For a while I played the watching game to see if anyone had either of the mobos + memory + Sandy/Ivy in stock.  In the end I had to suck it up and accept if I wanted to upgrade anytime soon, I'd need to go for the older board. 

 

I'd used Lambda-tek before for occasional stuff but never anything big.  I went with them simply because the pre-sales guy I spoke to seemed quite knowledgable including already knowing the issue with F-O board and needing to have v2.0 BIOS if buying an IvyBridge CPU.  They also had the ram and CPU in stock.  Their 100 in stock thing is a bit sleazy.  The pre-sales guy told me that for any item on their site where it states 100, it means they will source from multiple suppliers and not to take that figure to mean there's 100 sat in a warehouse.  FWIW, I appreciated the honesty.  The CPU and F-O were "100 in stock"  Translated; they were sourced from the Netherlands, but to be fair the order was placed on a Tuesday and I had the kit in hand on Thursday.  So I can't really complain. 

 

I guess milage really does vary where UK online suppliers are concerned.  For instance, I'd never use eBuyer for pretty much the same reasons.

 

There are definite supply contraints for the newer board at this time.  For the small benefits the iiF brings, I'd say unless you have a good reason to wait, go for the older one.