What is the maximum RAM possible?

Here one of the processors accept 16 Gb while the 2 others accept 32. My question is: if I upgrade the processor of the server version, will the Mac Mini accept 32 Gb as listed in the Intel table?

Did anyone tried that?

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Please tell me a program or any total groups of programs that can possibly address that much RAM and how you came to that conclusion.

21 sept. 2015 par mayer

I use Vienna Ensemble with various VSL, kontakt, spectrasonics, EastWest Play libraries. In some projects, even 32GB of ram is not enough. I used to cluster Mac minis using Vienna Ensemble's networking cluster feature. Now I use one Tube Mac Pro

22 sept. 2015 par Jonathan Barker

@Jonathan - The new Mac Pro is the only way to go here. The Pro's can support 128GB of Ram.

22 sept. 2015 par Dan

I agree with Dan, you have hired a boy to do a mans job. Get a real Mac made for professionals.

22 sept. 2015 par mayer

i love reading these types of old comments because now this is top result on duckduckgo and wanting 16 or 32gb of ram on a mac mini is not a crazy request. also the cost of these are less then 250 on ebay so building a cluster of them is a pretty good idea

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The late 2012 Mac Mini server uses an i7-3615QM (2.3GHz model, confirmed I have this one), or i7-3720QM (2.6GHz model). While the processor design itself is capable of supporting 32GB RAM (as you have seen on ark.intel.com), this would actually require 4 memory slots.

To see this you need to dig a little further into the data sheets from Intel which state: "1Gb, 2Gb, and 4Gb DDR3 DRAM device technologies are supported. Using 4Gb DRAM device technologies, the largest memory capacity possible is 32 GB, assuming Dual Channel Mode with four x8 dual ranked DIMM memory configuration. Note: 2 DIMMs per channel supported only in Quad-Core rPGA package only"

Please consider the above statement carefully if you are not familiar with memory geometry and rank.

Unfortunately the Mac Mini motherboard uses the BGA type processor package (not the rPGA socket) and only has two slots for RAM (one DIMM per channel), so you are limited to 16GB total RAM.

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I have a 2012 quad core mini with 2x16 gb ran from Macsales.com your wrong

11 mars 2020 par snap.ck

@snap.ck im trying to run 2x16gb on my 2012 quad core mini. Can you help me?

16 avr. 2020 par musyrif

@snap.ck im trying to run 2x16gb on my 2012 quad core mini. Can you help me?

16 avr. 2020 par musyrif

@snap.ck. Macsales.com do not supply 2x16GB kits for 2012 Mac mini and even if they did, it wouldn't work. See the comprehensive answer you've just incorrectly rejected as being "wrong".

16 janv. 2021 par Noel Cosgrave

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Please tell me a program or any total groups of programs that can possibly address that much RAM and how you came to that conclusion. — mayer
I use Vienna Ensemble with various VSL, kontakt, spectrasonics, EastWest Play libraries. In some projects, even 32GB of ram is not enough. I used to cluster Mac minis using Vienna Ensemble's networking cluster feature. Now I use one Tube Mac Pro — Jonathan Barker
@Jonathan - The new Mac Pro is the only way to go here. The Pro's can support 128GB of Ram. — Dan
I agree with Dan, you have hired a boy to do a mans job. Get a real Mac made for professionals. — mayer
i love reading these types of old comments because now this is top result on duckduckgo and wanting 16 or 32gb of ram on a mac mini is not a crazy request. also the cost of these are less then 250 on ebay so building a cluster of them is a pretty good idea — Wojons
I have a 2012 quad core mini with 2x16 gb ran from Macsales.com your wrong — snap.ck
@snap.ck im trying to run 2x16gb on my 2012 quad core mini. Can you help me? — musyrif
@snap.ck. Macsales.com do not supply 2x16GB kits for 2012 Mac mini and even if they did, it wouldn't work. See the comprehensive answer you've just incorrectly rejected as being "wrong". — Noel Cosgrave