i5-4690k ARK

[EthanTheFrogMan]

Hello,
 
     I am Building my first PC and I am getting one GTX 970 and a motherboard and PSU to handle two in the future. On intel ARK the i5-4690k says the PCI Express Configurations are:  Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4. Does this mean this CPU does not support SLI? Also, this CPU on ARK says that it only supports DDR3 1600, so I assume there is no point in getting DDR3 2400? 

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

  Ethan

[BeyondRico]

I have the Intel i5-4690k and i am running my RAM 16Gb DDR3 on 2400MHz so thats no problem.

And yes it can handle SLI.

[harrynowl]

It supports both SLI (but it's natively limited to 2 way (x8 x8)) and DDR3 2400. But don't spend much more over a slower kit. 1866 is usually a good price sweet spot.

[typographie]

Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4. Does this mean this CPU does not support SLI?

2x8 is a supported configuration for SLI.

 

CPUs always list a "supported" RAM frequency, but anything on the market will generally work. A 2400 MHz kit would probably be detected at 1600 MHz, but you can adjust the settings in the BIOS. I'd avoid DDR3-2400 on the basis of price and performance difference, though—just go with an 1866 kit, unless you need mountains of memory bandwidth for heavy professional application use.