WTF is this thing? - RAM on a PCI Card??

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Published 2019-10-30

When DDR2 launched, Gigabyte had a great idea with the i-RAM... take that old DDR1 memory and use it as your boot drive! So how did it turn out?...

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All Comments (21)

@LinusTechTips 4 years ago

Watch 'til the end for a spooky bonus scene...
@aeriumfour6096 4 years ago

"What kind of hard-drive do you use?" "4GB of RAM"
@l0strobot 4 years ago

SSD: My dad has serious memory loss issues I-RAM: What?!
@Gamen4Bros 4 years ago

Without beard, looks so different
@dimensional7915 3 years ago

would be very interesting to see a modern version of this with the high capacity high speed ECC ram now available and the high bandwidth of PCIE 4.0
@george_moussa 4 years ago

Normal Tech Youtubers: 9900KS and 1660 super reviews LTT: HOW TO SHOVE RAM INTO YOUR PCI SLOTS
@NatalieThress 4 years ago

who would've thought that random access memory was good at randomly accessing stuff
@Wiki7202 4 years ago

this was interesting from a tech history perspective
@Decenium 4 years ago

I would love it if they made a modern version of this, working purely on PCI-E for data supporting modern ram.
@KAJJTAN 4 years ago

Amazing drive. Now when FBI gets me I just turn off my pc and my data is gone.
@-.2.. 4 years ago

SSD: Who are you?? I-RAM: I am your father.
@JonathanKing9608 4 years ago

This idea was ahead of it's time, they should make an updated version.
@zach_waltonn 4 years ago

Imagine something like this today with pcie 4.0 wtf even is load time lmao
@mwbgaming28 4 years ago

There's no better security than a RAMdisk with no battery backup
@gambello1195 4 years ago

All these wicked inventions and I still download my RAM like an intellectuel I am.
@Efreeti 3 years ago

My first thought was that I wanted to know how they got around the volatile storage issue of RAM. I didn't expect them to not have overcome that in any adequate way. The battery backup having a two digit amount of hours of potential backup helps though, in case you needed to move it to another board or move the computer somewhere.
@EdgarRenje 4 years ago

08:50 Most anti-surveillance solution I've ever heard of.
@WinningEmpire 4 years ago

That is such a big brain move by Gigabyte lol
@notmirelnam248 4 years ago

"I was too busy spending all my money on textbooks i'd never read for a college degree I'd never finish." So... the usual college experience then.
@josephyang3260 3 years ago

Okay here’s the real reason for it. FBI: open up Me: let me just unplug my computer