Cheap Memory for your HP Proliant ML110/ML115

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OverClockers appear to have ended this special deal on the memory the price has now gone up to £46.99 inc VAT.

I’ll let you all know if there are any future ‘deals’ from any other sources I find.
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Overclockers.co.uk have got a cheap deal this week on Corsair XMS2 DDR2 6400 CAS5 2 x 2GB kits.  They are selling for £39.94 inc VAT.  For those of you outside of the UK they do ship internationally.

I use these memory modules in my ML110 G5 and they work a treat!

Click here for more details.

MY-136-CS_400

 

37 Comments

  1. the link to the memory didn’t seem to work for me, so went searching on OCuk and found it that way. One thing that puzzles me, does the ML110 G5 server take Non-ECC memory??

  2. the link to the memory didn’t seem to work for me, so went searching on OCuk and found it that way. One thing that puzzles me, does the ML110 G5 server take Non-ECC memory??

    Hi Martin,

    Hmmm, not sure on the link as I’ve just tried it and it is working ok for me.

    That’s a good point about the preferred memory type for the ML110 G5. The quick spec for the server mentions “Unbuffered ECC” though I am running non-ECC memory quite happily in it.

    Hope this helps.

    All the Best,

    Simon

  3. Hi Simon,

    Have you made a type on the price?

    The site shows it’s £39.99 ex VAT which is £46.99 inc VAT

    Or is there a promo code to get it for £39.94 inc VAT?

    Cheers

  4. Hi Simon,

    Have you made a type on the price?

    The site shows it’s £39.99 ex VAT which is £46.99 inc VAT

    Or is there a promo code to get it for £39.94 inc VAT?

    Cheers

    Hi Sony,

    I’ve just checked and it appears that the special price OverClockers were offering has finished and the price is now £46.99 inc VAT for this module kit.

    I’ll drop them and line and see if they would do TechHead readers a special deal on them. 🙂

    I’ll let you all know if they do.

    Cheers,

    Simon

  9. Sony – I went for the Corsair in the end (Oveclockers had it on offer again) and my trio of ML115 G5’s seem happy with it.

  11. Hi Si/Rog,

    Ordered and recieved my 16Gb of sticks.

    You can let Overclockers know what I ordered because of TechHead 🙂

    Order: OC691548

    Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) 4 £125.24

    Regards

  12. Sony,

    Between you, myself and Si we could start our own datacentre!

    What started as a cheap test lab – with servers costing under £90 has ended up being a slightly more expensive project 😉 (I’ve spent more on additional NICs than I did on the boxes themselves)

    It will all be worth it though – I’m on the install and configure course next week with Magirus and I can’t wait to put my lab into proper use.

    Rog

  13. Hi All,

    I have bought that Corsair kit from OC and it doesn’t work in my ML115 G5.
    is there anything I could do to make it work? (I did remember to remove the old ECC stick)

    thanks

    • Hi Julian,

      I run Corsair XMS2 6400 memory in my ML115 G5 and it works all ok.

      What Corsair kit did you buy (ie: memory speed, etc) and what error/symptoms are you getting?

      Cheers,

      Si

  14. Kiwi Si,

    thanks for your prompt reply 🙂

    I bought Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5) from this link http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-136-CS

    Errors/Symptoms:
    The screen doesn’t come up and
    I hear a series of beeps from the system speaker,
    also a green LED on the mainboard is flashing (might be a normal behaviour but thought it might help)

    cheers

  15. I can’t help much other than to say I think the flashing LED is normal – mine also does this and is working fine.

  17. I didn’t find any…
    ended up buying a ecc kit @ crucial

    I still have got those non-ecc sticks though, so if you need them just drop me a line here 😉

    • ha ha,

      do you know the part number? i want to make sure i get the right stuff this time! How much did you pay for them?

    • This is really strange as I have three of these Corsair memory kits and am still running them without any problems in both of my ML115 G5’s and ML110 G5. I also know of others who are doing the same.

      I swapped them around this evening – just to make sure and couldn’t replicate the problems you were describing.

      I am just wondering if there has been a bad batch of memory or similar. Also, out of interest what firmware revision are you running on your ML115 G5 and is it the Dual core or the later Quad core model?

      Thanks for letting me know – I will update the post to make others aware of this potential issue.

      Si

  18. PhilS, I used the tool on their website to find the right ones
    I’m away on holidays right now so I’m not able to check it for you but in the order history is says “CT907746 Upgrade for a HP – Compaq ProLiant ML115 G5 System” and “2-2GB 240-PIN 256Mx72 DDR2 PC2-6400
    UNBUFF CL6” (the invoice)

    hope this helps

    Kiwi Si, I’m pretty sure I did try swapping them, didn’t make any difference

    It’s the quad-core model, I didn’t try updating the firmware, I can’t check the version at the mo as I’m away, will do when I’m back home (around the 15th Jun)

    cheers

  19. This is just my opinion; but never buy from Overclockers. Unless they’ve seriously changed, they have to be the worst company I’ve ever bought from online, and I’ve bought tons of stuff in the last 10 years or more. They aren’t even the cheapest. There are plenty of disgruntled ex-customers that will never go back; all of my friends stopped shopping there a long time ago because of their shoddy service/customer support.

    Again, all my own opinion; feel free to ignore.

    Cheers,

    Nick

  20. Hi,

    Time to open this odl thread up again. I haev a question abaout memory for a ML115 G5. I have got quite a alot of memory for free and wanted to know if they will work with the ML115 G5. The memory is HP 499276-061 and the spec looks good except that its fully buffered. Can I use them even if the server spec says un-buffered memory?

    Regards
    Martin

    • Hi Martin, unfortunately the machines need unbuffered RAM. Some have had success with non-ECC modules, but ideally ECC unbufferred is the way to go. Registered RAM is for higher density configurations.

      • Ok, thats what i thought. Thanks for clearing this up for me! I will order a bunch of unbuffered ECC modules insted. Thanks again!

        • Hi Martin,

          As James points out Buffered DIMMs are the order of the day for all HP ML110 and ML115’s. It’s a shame really as I too have a large amount of buffered ECC DIMMs lying around.

          You’ve probably noticed that the price of DDR2 DIMMs has increased with the event of DDR3 becoming more mainstream though I did notice that EBuyer did have a good price on 2GB DDR2-6400 DIMMs at the moment – see here for more details: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142399

          Cheers,

          Simon

      • I ended up buying the following memory from Kingston and it works well: Valueram/4GB 800MHz DDR2 ECC CL5 DIMM (Kit of 2) (KVR800D2E5K2/4G)

        Thanks for the help guys!

  26. Hi Tealer, thanks for the quick reply. They are a great price for DDR2 RAM. And these are 100% compatible with the ML110 G5 ok?

  27. What is the max working RAM limit in ML 110 G5? it says 8GB on website but anyone had luck to run it with 16GB? just asking..

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