Finding a MB That supports 128GB of Ram and 2 NVM M.2 Connectors

[Jay Janarthanan]

Been searching for one and I can't seem to find. Is this a limitation of the chipset, Z170 MB all max out at 64GB but they have 2 or 3 M.2 Slots. X99 MB can support 128GB but they only have 1 M.2. May be I should wait for Z270 ?

Thanks

Jay

 

[whm1974]

Don't forget the Intel's HEDT CPUs comes in two PCIe lane versions, 28 and 40. Most likely you will need the 40 lane ones if you want to use 2 or 3 M.2 slots.

 

[XavierMace]

https://ark.intel.com/products/88195/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 64 GB

Usually once you're wanting 128Gb or more of RAM you're looking at Xeon's and server/workstation boards.

 

[Jay Janarthanan]

some of the HEDP CPU's support 128 GB over 4 lanes .

https://ark.intel.com/products/94188/Intel-Core-i7-6850K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

 

[XavierMace]

You missed my point.

6700k is Skylake which is socket 1151 only supports 64Gb. Therefore you're not going to find a Z170 board that supports more than 64Gb as the processors for that socket don't support more than 64Gb. 6850k is Broadwell-E which is socket 2011-v3, and supports 128Gb of RAM which is why you see X99 boards that support 128Gb of RAM.

 

[crashtech]

I think dual M2 puts you in EATX land, anyone who wants that wants all the other bells and whistles too, and that takes real estate. I found one, though to my eye it looks a bit cheesy:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157539

 

[Jay Janarthanan]

Only one M.2 works at 32 GB. I will wait for Z270 MB's

 

[biostud]

just get an m.2 PCIe adapter then you can easily run two m.2 drives on a motherbaord.

 

[Valantar]

just get an m.2 PCIe adapter then you can easily run two m.2 drives on a motherbaord.

Yep. Even with two gpus, 40 PCIe lanes allows for two m.2 ssds, just get a simple passive adapter.