1155 socket motherboard with more than 4 memory slots?

[Shockeru]

All I can find are MB's similar to Asus P8P67 with 4 memory slots, planning an i7 2600K acquisition but this is my main problem. I need 24GB (+), but 8GB memories are very expensive.

Any suggestions?

 

[RobDickinson]

Buy 8's or wait for LGA2011.

 

[Shockeru]

I need it ASAP, that's why I need to make sure I make a good investition given today's possibilities

 

[RobDickinson]

Then buy 1366?

 

[Shockeru]

Then can't buy Sandy Bridge (i7 2600k), will have to go with i7 Extreme 980X which is 4 times more expensive then i7 2600k here, but be limited at 24GB RAM for good (will *probably* need more than 24GB)

 

[996GT2]

You don't really have a choice then. Right now all of the H67 and P67 boards will only have a max of 4 DIMM slots.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Dual-CPU Xeon board? Both CPUs get memory slots, so you get more slots overall.

 

[Shockeru]

To get some Xeon's that would have similar performance with sandy/980x would require double amount of money, if not more. Probably buying sandy cheap and RAM expensive is the best way to go

 

[Shockeru]

Given this situation, the only 8GB RAM dimms I found are ECC. Does that mean I must buy an ECC-supporting motherboard only? What will happen if I put ECC RAMs on an Asus P8P67 for example? (asus.com says: 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB, DDR3 2200(O.C.)*/2133(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered.)

 

[Mark R]

Given this situation, the only 8GB RAM dimms I found are ECC. Does that mean I must buy an ECC-supporting motherboard only? What will happen if I put ECC RAMs on an Asus P8P67 for example? (asus.com says: 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB, DDR3 2200(O.C.)*/2133(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered.)

You need to check with the motherboard manufacturer and on the CPU you use.

Core i7 CPUs don't support ECC (only Xeon CPUs support ECC). However, some boards will accept ECC RAM, but disable the ECC function - others will reject the RAM.