Building around the i7 4790k

[thegamerguy1]

Hi,

So like the title says, I have chosen my core, and I just needed help in limiting my search for other parts. I went onto the Intel website, found my core, and I saw the following:

Memory types: DDR3 1333/1600
# of Memory channel: 2

So does this mean that I can only get two sticks of DDR3 RAM? Furthermore, only 133/1600 Mhz?

My question is what restraints do I have when selecting other parts of my build due to my i7 processor?

Thanks

 

[Alpha3031]

You can go up to 4 sticks, and any clock, provided your motherboard has the slots and you're willing to set a XMP, respectively. You'd probably want a Z97 MB, but that's the only restraint, as far as I can remember.

 

[thegamerguy1]

Good, and on the matter of motherboards, is their one that supports DDR4 Memory?

 

[viewtyjoe]

Only Haswell-E and Haswell-EP CPUs support DDR4 memory (i7 5xxx and the new Xeons), with general support coming next year with Skylake.

 

[Alpha3031]

Yeah, and Skylake would be LGA 1151, not compatible with a Z97 MB.

 

[thegamerguy1]

Thanks all