I can not use 8 ram slots because of CPU?

[Sprintex67]

Hey guys, i recently bought this PC and im waiting for items to ship. You can see the full build here at this url or down below:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/olympus71/saved/#view=nph4D3

 

Parts:

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/DtcPBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/DtcPBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7740X 4.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($433.75 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($239.99 @ Memory Express) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($6.16 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: MSI - X299 GAMING M7 ACK ATX LGA2066 Motherboard  ($503.99 @ PC Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($389.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($389.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($209.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($449.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($250.99 @ PC Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($250.99 @ PC Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($1014.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($1014.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($239.99 @ DirectCanada) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($179.50 @ Vuugo) 
Sound Card: Creative Labs - Z PCIe 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card  ($109.99 @ PC Canada) 
Fan Controller: NZXT - Sentry Mix 2 Fan Controller  ($39.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Other: BitFenix BFC-ARA-300-KKWSK-RP Black Computer Case  ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Other: Sama Ark Black ATX Full Tower Dual USB3.0 Gaming Computer Case w/  ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $6025.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Can you guys tell me what are these errors? and are they normal? I mean i thought this CPU was made for x299 motherboards because the socket is LGA 2066. Tell me ur guys thoughts and opinions pls.

Is there any way for me to use those 8 ram slots? I really wanted to do so by buying 2x (4x8) memory sticks :(.

 

Motherboard has 8 RAM slots but is CPU limited to 4 slots. 4 additional RAM slots are needed.

2 EPS power connectors are needed. We are currently entering in EPS connector data for power supplies to verify this is compatible. In the meantime, please verify the power supply has sufficient EPS connectors for the motherboard.

The motherboard U.2 port shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the U.2 port is used, four SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports are disabled.

 

Thanks for always helping & answering guys ! 

[jcw150]

With some of the x299 processors you can only use 4 ram slots as it based off the i7-7700k which only has dual channel RAM

[VitalTech]

the CPU doesn't support 8 ram slots like it says so you can only use 4 of them 

[LienusLateTips]

7740X only supports dual channel.

 

 

DON'T GET 7740X! ITS A MORE EXPENSIVE REBRAND OF THE 7700K WITH A 100MHZ OVERCLOCK!

[pacoeltaco1]

This is either bait or living proof that Linus was right about X299, and I', thinking its the latter...

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, pacoeltaco1 said:

This is either bait or living proof that Linus was right about X299, and I', thinking its the latter...

If you looked through the spec sheets on launch day, you would have known it only supports have the memory slots in a system. If you have 2 slots, only 1 will work. 4, only 2 will work, etc.

[jcw150]

4 minutes ago, pacoeltaco1 said:

This is either bait or living proof that Linus was right about X299, and I', thinking its the latter...

Linus was defo right, it is such a weird choice by intel....

[Deli]

Finally someone buys a 7740X.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, jcw150 said:

Linus was defo right, it is such a weird choice by intel....

Add on the fact that the 7740X was a rebrand of the 7700K with a slight overclock of 100mhz...

[Sprintex67]

That means i have to go with 

Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core/16-Thread Processor 
Socket LGA 2066, 3.6 GHz Base/ 4.3(4.5) GHz Max Turbo Frequency, 14nm 

if i want to use all the 8 ram slots? but this is not even what i preffered, i wanted a i7 core with good GHz base like the 4,3GHz i7 7740X. Not 3,5 GHz base......and this costs like 400$ more than i7-7740X, god bless. This is really sad because i wanted to populate all those juicy slots with 4x8 (x2) GB rams so i can have a total of 64 GB ram, thats what i7-7740X allows. Sad life....is sad.

[pacoeltaco1]

Just now, Hunter20 said:

That means i have to go with 

Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core/16-Thread Processor 
Socket LGA 2066, 3.6 GHz Base/ 4.3(4.5) GHz Max Turbo Frequency, 14nm 

if i want to use all the 8 ram slots? but this is not even what i preffered, i wanted a i7 core with good GHz base like the 4,3GHz i7 7740X. Not 3,5 GHz base......and this costs like 400$ more than i7-7740X, god bless. This is really sad because i wanted to populate all those juicy slots with 4x8 (x2) GB rams so i can have a total of 64 GB ram, thats what i7-7740X allows. Sad life....is sad.

Oui Oui

[LienusLateTips]

I would recommend this, much better choice.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($349.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($239.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: Asus - CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($325.77 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($436.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($449.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($258.55 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($258.55 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($1014.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($1014.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($181.05 @ DirectCanada) 
Fan Controller: NZXT - Sentry Mix 2 Fan Controller  ($39.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Other: BitFenix BFC-ARA-300-KKWSK-RP Black Computer Case  ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $4860.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-24 21:14 EDT-0400

 

If you have some time, PLEASE wait for threadripper.

[jcw150]

4 minutes ago, Hunter20 said:

That means i have to go with 

Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core/16-Thread Processor 
Socket LGA 2066, 3.6 GHz Base/ 4.3(4.5) GHz Max Turbo Frequency, 14nm 

if i want to use all the 8 ram slots? but this is not even what i preffered, i wanted a i7 core with good GHz base like the 4,3GHz i7 7740X. Not 3,5 GHz base......and this costs like 400$ more than i7-7740X, god bless. This is really sad because i wanted to populate all those juicy slots with 4x8 (x2) GB rams so i can have a total of 64 GB ram, thats what i7-7740X allows. Sad life....is sad.

What are you going to use that 64GB of ram for?

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Hunter20 said:

That means i have to go with 

Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core/16-Thread Processor 
Socket LGA 2066, 3.6 GHz Base/ 4.3(4.5) GHz Max Turbo Frequency, 14nm 

if i want to use all the 8 ram slots? but this is not even what i preffered, i wanted a i7 core with good GHz base like the 4,3GHz i7 7740X. Not 3,5 GHz base......and this costs like 400$ more than i7-7740X, god bless. This is really sad because i wanted to populate all those juicy slots with 4x8 (x2) GB rams so i can have a total of 64 GB ram, thats what i7-7740X allows. Sad life....is sad.

Intel X299 is a horrible choice right now. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 when overclocked can beat the 7820X in certain cases, and costs less than the 7740X. Get the 7700K and use 4x 16GB sticks if you want to game, and only game.

[Sprintex67]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Intel X299 is a horrible choice right now. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 when overclocked can beat the 7820X in certain cases, and costs less than the 7740X. Get the 7700K and use 4x 16GB sticks if you want to game, and only game.

Listen, buddy, i already purchased like 95% out of that PC components. I cant go back now. I'll just have to live with the fact that ill only be able to use 4 ram slots with that specific CPU, and not 8, like the motherboard has. Now going 64 gb or 32 gb idk which one is more worth, because all i will be doing is gaming/streaming/rendering videos/using softwares such as Autocad 2017 or etc etc.

[jcw150]

3 minutes ago, JDE said:

Intel X299 is a horrible choice right now. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 when overclocked can beat the 7820X in certain cases, and costs less than the 7740X. Get the 7700K and use 4x 16GB sticks if you want to game, and only game.

I will still go with a R7 1700 only if you are only gaming

[jcw150]

3 minutes ago, Hunter20 said:

Listen, buddy, i already purchased like 95% out of that PC components. I cant go back now. I'll just have to live with the fact that ill only be able to use 4 ram slots with that specific CPU, and not 8, like the motherboard has. Now going 64 gb or 32 gb idk which one is more worth, because all i will be doing is gaming/streaming/rendering videos/using softwares such as Autocad 2017 or etc etc.

Why can't you return it?

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, Hunter20 said:

That means i have to go with 

Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core/16-Thread Processor 
Socket LGA 2066, 3.6 GHz Base/ 4.3(4.5) GHz Max Turbo Frequency, 14nm 

if i want to use all the 8 ram slots? but this is not even what i preffered, i wanted a i7 core with good GHz base like the 4,3GHz i7 7740X. Not 3,5 GHz base......and this costs like 400$ more than i7-7740X, god bless. This is really sad because i wanted to populate all those juicy slots with 4x8 (x2) GB rams so i can have a total of 64 GB ram, thats what i7-7740X allows. Sad life....is sad.

yes. the 7820x has double the cores of the 7740x while being much more expensive while the 7740x is clocked higher. you REALLY should have just gotten a 6700k/7700k if you're just gaming or a ryzen 1700 if you're also doing streaming/editing/rendering.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Hunter20 said:

Listen, buddy, i already purchased like 95% out of that PC components. I cant go back now. I'll just have to live with the fact that ill only be able to use 4 ram slots with that specific CPU, and not 8, like the motherboard has. Now going 64 gb or 32 gb idk which one is more worth, because all i will be doing is gaming/streaming/rendering videos/using softwares such as Autocad 2017 or etc etc.

What have you purchased? 

 

BTW your streaming with lag like hell with only 4 cores.

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, Hunter20 said:

Listen, buddy, i already purchased like 95% out of that PC components. I cant go back now. I'll just have to live with the fact that ill only be able to use 4 ram slots with that specific CPU, and not 8, like the motherboard has. Now going 64 gb or 32 gb idk which one is more worth, because all i will be doing is gaming/streaming/rendering videos/using softwares such as Autocad 2017 or etc etc.

see if you can return it for a ryzen 1700 and am4 mobo, if you really need 32-64gb of ram you can just get 16gb sticks instead of 8gb.

[Sprintex67]

I think the best choice right now would be to get rid of that i7 7740X, buy the i7 7820X, and populate all those slots until 128 GB of ram, but honestly 128 GB is pricy as **** and is also an overkill. Which is totally not worth it for the things im doing. So instead i will get i7 7820X and populate all those slots until 64 GB of ram, even tho the CPU and motherboard can handle up to 128 GB of ram. It should be ok that way, i really dont want to go back and change the architecture of the build, i always wanted to stick with intel even though the new ryzen is cheaper and sometimes better. I wanted a high end PC for the ultimate gaming/streaming/editing/rendering/software using. So guys, that's what i decided to do. Might as well go all in for something that is already bought. Am i right or am i right?

[Not_Sean]

Lol, buys two 1080ti's than complains he can't use 8gb ram modules when 16gb sticks are available..I'm so confused. 

 

@JDE you can actually very happily stream with 4 cores, until now the i7 has been the go to for streaming and its doing great, hell my old i7-3770 is streaming GTA V & PUBG great, yeah I'm not running at ultra settings but thats cause its only a 470 (thanks stupid miners) 

 

Yes it can stream better but than doesn't mean it can't be done, and done well. 

[LienusLateTips]

4 minutes ago, Hunter20 said:

I think the best choice right now would be to get rid of that i7 7740X, buy the i7 7820X, and populate all those slots until 128 GB of ram, but honestly 128 GB is pricy as **** and is also an overkill. Which is totally not worth it for the things im doing. So instead i will get i7 7820X and populate all those slots until 64 GB of ram, even tho the CPU and motherboard can handle up to 128 GB of ram. It should be ok that way, i really dont want to go back and change the architecture of the build, i always wanted to stick with intel even though the new ryzen is cheaper and sometimes better. I wanted a high end PC for the ultimate gaming/streaming/editing/rendering/software using. So guys, that's what i decided to do. Might as well go all in for something that is already bought. Am i right or am i right?

I would kind of say so. 

 

ANYWAYS:

 

Gaming: 7820X wins, slightly

Streaming: R7 1700 wins, landslide

Editing: R7 1700 wins, sorta  (except if you use adobe)

Rendering: R7 1700 wins, sorta (except if you use adobe)

Software: Multitasking goes to R7 1700, single threaded goes to 7820X. Tie.

[VagabondWraith]

1 minute ago, Hunter20 said:

I think the best choice right now would be to get rid of that i7 7740X, buy the i7 7820X, and populate all those slots until 128 GB of ram, but honestly 128 GB is pricy as **** and is also an overkill. Which is totally not worth it for the things im doing. So instead i will get i7 7820X and populate all those slots until 64 GB of ram, even tho the CPU and motherboard can handle up to 128 GB of ram. It should be ok that way, i really dont want to go back and change the architecture of the build, i always wanted to stick with intel even though the new ryzen is cheaper and sometimes better. I wanted a high end PC for the ultimate gaming/streaming/editing/rendering/software using. So guys, that's what i decided to do. Might as well go all in for something that is already bought. Am i right or am i right?

I have a 7820X and I absolutely LOVE it. Performance is amazing. Nothing else out there is beating it currently except the 7900X.

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Not_Sean said:

Lol, buys two 1080ti's than complains he can't use 8gb ram modules when 16gb sticks are available..I'm so confused. 

 

@JDE you can actually very happily stream with 4 cores, until now the i7 has been the go to for streaming and its doing great, hell my old i7-3770 is streaming GTA V & PUBG great, yeah I'm not running at ultra settings but thats cause its only a 470 (thanks stupid miners) 

 

Yes it can stream better but than doesn't mean it can't be done, and done well. 

I'm just looking at Linus's older videos. IDK real world performance, but that's where I gathered the information from.