Need new desktop, RAM priority

[tuska1]

I'm planning on getting a new desktop computer, the main priority is getting 128gb ram. What sort of minimum price I'm looking at? I'd be willing to pay 1k-2k.

I was told I'd need a 5820k core. I'd have the computer running work stuff overnight so a fan is definitely needed as well. What about motherboard?

 

[Victorion]

Xeon E5 supports 128 GB ram, i7-5820K just have support up to 64 GB.

Depending on the number of cores you need and at what speed, you pick the Xeon E5 cpu - but you´ll be building out from something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($732.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $912.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-14 03:36 EST-0500

 

[yyk71200]

Apparantly 5820k can work with 128 GB of Ram although not officially supported: www.pcworld.com/article/2938855/hardcore-hardware-we-stuffed-this-pc-with-128gb-of-cutting-edge-ddr4-ram.html

 

[Victorion]

Apparantly 5820k can work with 128 GB of Ram although not officially supported: www.pcworld.com/article/2938855/hardcore-hardware-we-stuffed-this-pc-with-128gb-of-cutting-edge-ddr4-ram.html

Thats very interesting. Thanks for the article.
I would advice going with a Xeon cpu however - the risk of unforseen problems on non-supported cpu is not worth it, when Xeon E5 cpus has a great range of both cheaper and more expensive choices. performance wise, the xeon and i7-5820K are priced simarly.