your question about memory in the other thread

Quote Originally Posted by neveroffline View Post
Hello All,

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=17220888

Above is my public build list. I'm interested in help on the mb and the ram, and maybe the psu, but in general just comments/suggestions. I've set a budget of about $2800. Ram is negotiable from 24 to 12, just not sure with the QPI I can only populate the first 3 and the second cpu will be fine.

Thanks for any help. I currently have Dual XEON 5410's which I will be moving from to this and am also interested in speed comparisons if you know of any. My z7s is one of the few here still running, so also doing this in case that one bites it.

Dustin
I don't know if it will work with only 3 sticks of ram, but you will take a big performance hit if you do. Plan out how much memory you want to have then either do 6 or 12 sticks of ram to get there. Each CPU has 3 channels for memory bandwidth, so you need at least 6 sticks to get the full benefit.

The power supply you have listed there only has 1 8pin CPU power line and for dual Xenon's you will need 2 of them. Look for at the very least a PSU with 1 8pin and 1 4pin that can be adapted to an 8 pin

Motherboard looks great and we have some fans of supermicro here.