I've been just vaguely considering at this point building a TR4 based system. Not really for gaming but more for work/home lab type stuff involving running a few VMs. That means I'd probably go for 32Gb initially but would want the option for 64Gb later.
Looking at the QVL for the ASRock X399 Taichi for example, it seems like it'll take pretty much anything if you only use 2 slots, a little less if you want to fill up 4, and hardly anything if you want the option of filling up all 8. To make things harder, the part numbers listed seem to be pack SKUs, so all the ones that say 2/4/8 are for packs of 8. Not great if you're looking to fill up 4 now and possibly 4 later.
Is there a trick to this? How much attention do you need to pay to the manufacturer QVL lists? Can you just pick memory of a very similar spec?
Sorry if this has been asked before.
Thanks!
Looking at the QVL for the ASRock X399 Taichi for example, it seems like it'll take pretty much anything if you only use 2 slots, a little less if you want to fill up 4, and hardly anything if you want the option of filling up all 8. To make things harder, the part numbers listed seem to be pack SKUs, so all the ones that say 2/4/8 are for packs of 8. Not great if you're looking to fill up 4 now and possibly 4 later.
Is there a trick to this? How much attention do you need to pay to the manufacturer QVL lists? Can you just pick memory of a very similar spec?
Sorry if this has been asked before.
Thanks!