Question about S-B mobo/CPU

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-03-11, 10:11 PM

Are there any Sandy Bridge tri-channel motherboards that will support triple channel memory? I am looking for EVGA or Asus preferably....

**Roadhog** · 08-03-11, 10:13 PM

No. The cpu doesn't support it. Why would you want that anyways?

mojoman0 · 08-03-11, 11:29 PM

Cause he already has the ram?

**Roadhog** · 08-03-11, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mojoman0

Cause he already has the ram?

Then use 8gb of it?

Ninja Prime · 08-04-11, 12:21 AM

All Sandy bridges are only dual channel, they have on-die memeory controllers and theres only two of them, so theres no way to do tri-channel. Sandy Bridge-E 6 cores will have tri-channel memory controllers, but they aren't due out until the first of 2012 now.

Ninja Prime · 08-04-11, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

SNB-E will have Quad Channel controllers.

I think only the extreme editions will, maybe only server versions, can't remember.

Ninja Prime · 08-04-11, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

Only the single socket entry level Xeons will have another socket with Tri-Channel.
The Desktop versions will all have 4 channels. At least the ones that are currently "announced".

Roadmap seems to indicate that the lower versions will be tri and only the single Extreme edition for desktop will be quad, along with server products. Guess we'll see.

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-04-11, 11:25 AM

So the quick answer is that I should upgrade RAM as well.

Slawter, should I do a Quad channel upgrade, or stick with the Dual channel?

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-04-11, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

Do you change your current system or why do you want to get new RAM?
For a SNB system, you need Dual Channel. For the upcoming SNB-E Quad Channel. But I don't think matched Quad Channel Kits are available already.

I haven't changed my system yet, but I will be doing an upgrade, probably later this year/earlier next year. If I would have known that my current RAM would not be used, I would not have upgraded to 12 GB.

I'll probably upgrade to Dual channel when the newer boards hit the streets in January.

**Roadhog** · 08-04-11, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DiscipleDOC

I haven't changed my system yet, but I will be doing an upgrade, probably later this year/earlier next year. If I would have known that my current RAM would not be used, I would not have upgraded to 12 GB.

I'll probably upgrade to Dual channel when the newer boards hit the streets in January.

You can still use your current ram, just only 4 sticks of it.

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-04-11, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Roadhog

You can still use your current ram, just only 4 sticks of it.

Umm...I only have 3 sticks. 4 GB per stick.

**bob saget** · 08-04-11, 12:40 PM

too much disposable income doc?

08-03-11, 10:11 PM	#1
DiscipleDOC Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alabama, Planet Earth Posts: 5,933	Question about S-B mobo/CPU Are there any Sandy Bridge tri-channel motherboards that will support triple channel memory? I am looking for EVGA or Asus preferably....

08-03-11, 10:13 PM	#2
Roadhog Resident Alien Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,776	Re: Question about S-B mobo/CPU No. The cpu doesn't support it. Why would you want that anyways?

08-03-11, 11:29 PM	#3
mojoman0 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,566	Re: Question about S-B mobo/CPU Cause he already has the ram?

08-04-11, 12:21 AM	#5
Ninja Prime Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 2,263	Re: Question about S-B mobo/CPU All Sandy bridges are only dual channel, they have on-die memeory controllers and theres only two of them, so theres no way to do tri-channel. Sandy Bridge-E 6 cores will have tri-channel memory controllers, but they aren't due out until the first of 2012 now.

08-04-11, 11:25 AM	#8
DiscipleDOC Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alabama, Planet Earth Posts: 5,933	Re: Question about S-B mobo/CPU So the quick answer is that I should upgrade RAM as well. Slawter, should I do a Quad channel upgrade, or stick with the Dual channel?

08-04-11, 12:40 PM	#12
bob saget Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vancouver, originally Russia Posts: 23,133	Re: Question about S-B mobo/CPU too much disposable income doc?