Asrock X99E-ITX/ac Review: A uniquely capable Mini-ITX motherboard
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Since when is quad-channel memory "crucial"? Dual-channel DDR4 can already provide you up to 51.2 GB/s, and beyond that benefits are basically zero. You're just spending more money on no performance improvement.
I think you missed the results of the this entire page: https://www.techspot.com/review/992-asrock-x99e-itx-ac/page5.html
Hardly a crucial feature unless you're trying to install more than 16GB of RAM. I didn't look very hard but their are probably 16GB sticks you could get from somewhere to get you to 32GB of memory even.
WangDangDoodle
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https://www.techspot.com/review/930-lianli-pc-o5s/ XD
There is also the Silverstone ML-07, RVZ-01, FTZ01, (all practically the same on the inside), and a number of other cases mentioned in the comments.
This is what I'm talking about.
deemon
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Can anyone confirm that i7-5820K can support 2x16GB sticks? Motherboard manual suggests this motherboard can... but is this only for Xeon or can i7 also?
From this motherboards manual:
Memory
• Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
• 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR4 3200+(OC)*/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400 (OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-bufered memory
* Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for more information. (http://www.asrock.com/)
• Supports non-ECC RDIMM (Registered DIMM)
• Supports DDR4 ECC, un-bufered memory/RDIMM with Intel® Xeon® processors E5 series in the LGA 2011-3 Socket
• Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Proile (XMP) 2.0
• 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
I love mITX. My goal on my last build was to cram the most powerful components available (at the time) into a small-ish case. I wound up with:
Asus Maximus Impact VI (the VII hadn't shipped yet)
i7-4790k
16GB RAM
2x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro
1TB WD Black
XFX R9 290 DD Black (the smallest R9 290 I could find that would fit in the case)
Corsair H100i
Corsair RM750
Corsair Obsidian 250D
I'd love to get my hands on this board...
Asus Maximus Impact VI (the VII hadn't shipped yet)
i7-4790k
16GB RAM
2x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro
1TB WD Black
XFX R9 290 DD Black (the smallest R9 290 I could find that would fit in the case)
Corsair H100i
Corsair RM750
Corsair Obsidian 250D
I'd love to get my hands on this board...
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I have this motherboard. I have this CPU. I ordered the Lian-Li PC-O5 Case.
I will NOT be using a GPU for this, instead I will be virtualizing with many guest machines.
Questions:
1. What PSU and Wattage was used in this test?
2. Could this motherboard potentially support more RAM than 32 GB? Anyone tested?
Thanks,
Danny
I will NOT be using a GPU for this, instead I will be virtualizing with many guest machines.
Questions:
1. What PSU and Wattage was used in this test?
2. Could this motherboard potentially support more RAM than 32 GB? Anyone tested?
Thanks,
Danny
1. Any good modular SFX power supply would suffice for this build. Silverstone makes several good ones (top row of http://www.silverstonetek.com/product_power.php?tno=7&area=en). You could probably get away with non-modular PSU as well since you'll have the extra space of not having a GPU, but since you ordered the Lian-Li PC-05, you'll not want all those extra cables hanging around with a tempered glass side panel.
2. The specifications listed by Asrock specifically states 32GB as it's maximum capacity, so more than likely that's as far as you'll get. Not sure what kind of VM you will be hosting, but if you gave the host OS and each VM 4GB of RAM that''d be 7 clients, 14 if you give them only 2GB. If you're going to have more clients than that, I do not think a two slot, dual channel solution is right for you.
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