In process of building a server. I read somewhere that you needed to populate all available RAM slots of a motherboard in order to get quad channel, so after reading that, and since I only need 32 Gbytes, I selected a motherboard that had only 8 (DDR3) RAM slots, planning on purchasing 8 X 4 Gbytes of DDR3 RAM for a total of 32 Gbytes, hopefully running as quad-channel.
However, the motherboard I selected is now out-of-stock, and the only acceptable alternative I find has 16 slots, so I would like to confirm this notion that all of the slots must be populated in order to get quad-channel speed. This would mean I would have to purchase 16 X 2 Gbyte RAM sticks, in order to get 32 Gbytes, which seems ridiculous to me. Actually, the whole idea of fully-populating a 16 slot board seems a little whacky.
Can someone clarify this for me? Here's the new motherboard I intend to use:
ASUS Z9PE-D16/2L SSI EEB Server Motherboard - Newegg.com
However, the motherboard I selected is now out-of-stock, and the only acceptable alternative I find has 16 slots, so I would like to confirm this notion that all of the slots must be populated in order to get quad-channel speed. This would mean I would have to purchase 16 X 2 Gbyte RAM sticks, in order to get 32 Gbytes, which seems ridiculous to me. Actually, the whole idea of fully-populating a 16 slot board seems a little whacky.
Can someone clarify this for me? Here's the new motherboard I intend to use:
ASUS Z9PE-D16/2L SSI EEB Server Motherboard - Newegg.com