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Is it true that x299 micro with a kaby lake cpu only supports 2 dimms?

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2018/01/23 18:43:55 (permalink)
I looked all over the support documentation and didn't see a word about it, however the stickers on the motherboard say only support for 2 dimms.
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    Re: Is it true that x299 micro with a kaby lake cpu only supports 2 dimms? 2018/01/23 18:45:28 (permalink)
    Welcome to the Forum harley.mcnerthney
    Yes it is True. Support Manual for EVGA X299 Micro (131-SX-E295) Manuel in PDF Format.
     
    Page 15 in the above Manuel for the EVGA X299 Micro (131-SX-E295) Motherboard.

    DDR4 Memory Slots
    The memory slots support up to four 288-pin DDR4 DIMMs in Quad-Channel
    mode with Skylake-X processors; and supports up to two 288-pin DDR4
    DIMMs in Dual-Channel mode with Kaby Lake-X processors.
     
    Page 16
    Kaby Lake-X processors are certified for Dual-Channel mode, and will be
    enabled only upon using two sticks of supported memory, according to the
    installation guide on Page 26. Kaby Lake-X supports up to 32GB (2x16GB) up
    to 4133MHz+. 32GB modules are *NOT* supported on this platform. Some
    Quad-Channel kits *may* work, however Kaby Lake-X is not certified for
    Quad-Channel operation, only Dual-Channel, and will gain no benefit from
    Quad-Channel over Dual-Channel.


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    All The X299 MB are this way
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    Re: Is it true that x299 micro with a kaby lake cpu only supports 2 dimms? 2018/01/23 22:13:07 (permalink)
    As bcavnaugh showed above. It is not a limitation of the chipset but a limitation of the Kaby Lake CPU's
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    Re: Is it true that x299 micro with a kaby lake cpu only supports 2 dimms? 2018/01/24 03:09:39 (permalink)
    X299 chipset should be avoided if customers are not ready to pay i7-7820X.
    I looked some price and he is now available for 450 euro in my country on some places.
    But for guy as me who always go on high end motherboard that mean significant investment not only CPU.
    i7-8700K Z370 rule for up to 6 cores. Even should be consider if someone use for gaming before i7-7820X.
     
     

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    Re: Is it true that x299 micro with a kaby lake cpu only supports 2 dimms? 2018/01/24 10:11:26 (permalink)
    Vlada011
    X299 chipset should be avoided if customers are not ready to pay i7-7820X.
    I looked some price and he is now available for 450 euro in my country on some places.
    But for guy as me who always go on high end motherboard that mean significant investment not only CPU.
    i7-8700K Z370 rule for up to 6 cores. Even should be consider if someone use for gaming before i7-7820X.

    Is the same not true on the Z370 Chipset Motherboards?

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