Motherboard that supports 16GB DDR 3 per slot

PCBuilderBG · 7 Aug 2013 at 03:42

Hi guys,
My motherboard is Asus P67 SaberTooth and I have I7 2600 and I am looking to upgrade my RAM.
I found 16GB modules but the MB doesn't want to boot.
My question is there a way to fix that so that the MB can recognize the modules and do you know any motherboards that support 16GB RAM modules per slot?

Thank you

Regards

davido_labido · 7 Aug 2013 at 04:28

X79A-GD45 ?

msi big bang power 2?

i think an g1 assassin takes 32 gb too.

they are all 2011 though.

not sure why you would need more than 16gb of ram either?

nightmare99 · 7 Aug 2013 at 09:12

What modules are they?

panyan · 7 Aug 2013 at 09:14

PCBuilderBG said:
16GB RAM modules per slot?

davido_labido said:
i think an g1 assassin takes 32 gb too.

i think he is requiring 64GB no?

davido_labido · 7 Aug 2013 at 09:20

panyan said:
i think he is requiring 64GB no?

Well, he says that can take 16gb per slot, I think the assassin can take 2 of them =p not 100 percent mind.

If he needs 64gb, he could use the other 2 I said, or get a server board maybe!

PCBuilderBG · 7 Aug 2013 at 15:26

Thank you for the quick reply. I am looking to put 32GB of RAM and because I found a very good deal for 2 x 16GB modules decided to try and see but it looks like my motherboard is a bit old for that and can support up to 32GB but needs to be of modules of 8GB per slot and not more.
It looks like I will have to upgrade.

nightmare99 · 7 Aug 2013 at 20:37

nightmare99 said:
What modules are they?

PCBuilderBG · 7 Aug 2013 at 22:49

The modules are 2 x 16GB DDR3 1600MHz.

nightmare99 · 8 Aug 2013 at 10:13

Yeah I gathered that but what make and model?

PCBuilderBG · 11 Aug 2013 at 00:28

OK the make of the RAM is Samsung.
I am not sure what you mean by model but in anyway I will have to hold before I use it as I need to upgrade my MB.

nightmare99 · 12 Aug 2013 at 09:14

The only reason I ask is because I did not think there were any 16GB desktop modules, you need to check and make sure that's not server ram i.e ECC Registered etc as it will not work in a desktop system.

PCBuilderBG · 13 Aug 2013 at 21:43

Yes it was checked mate.
But it is a good note to be taken!

nightmare99 · 14 Aug 2013 at 08:26

Is this on the internet? Can you trust me a link.

85256638 · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:46

Most of the Sever boards support single slot 16gb

JonJ678 · 17 Aug 2013 at 13:40

I think the only remotely cost effective route to 64gb of ram is to change to socket 2011. That has the advantage that you'll access the ram at about twice the rate that you would on P67.

If you wanted more than 64gb, it's server's and ecc time. I think the limits there are around 256gb per cpu, though that might have reached 512gb by now.

PCBuilderBG · 20 Aug 2013 at 09:32

Thank you guys

I will look in to this in the future. I realized that that my RAM is enough at the moment.
There was a moment a year ago where here on Overclockers website you could by 16GB (2 x 8GB) for like 50£ which was a steal now the memory is alsmot twice as much.