Questions About Intel Core i7-6700K

[Spencer The Kid]

So, I was hoping someone(s) could help me settle a confused state I happen to find myself in over the specifications of Intel's Core i7-6700K, 4.0GHz, Quad-Core CPU.

The confusion I'm having is because the Core i7-6700K is shown to have a supported memory clock speed of 2133MHz and 1600MHz on MicroCenter, PC Outlet, and NCIXUS. It is also shown to have a maximum amount of supported RAM to be 32GB. Those statistics also come from those three sites.

But the motherboard I'm looking at, GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 , is shown to support a RAM speed of 2133 to 3866Mhz, and a max RAM capacity of 64GB.

I'm wondering for one: What do I go off of for the max RAM clock speed I can have; The motherboard's SPECS or the CPU's SPECS?

And Two: I have selected 64GB of RAM on my pcpartpicker list with that motherboard and CPU and it isn't giving me a warning that 64GB exceeds the max of 32GB of RAM that all those websites say. It has always warned me of exceeding the max RAM limit before when I did. Why not now? Can the processor ACTUALLY support more then 32GB or I don't know.

PUT SIMPLY (sorry for my ranting lol):
Question One: Should I reference the supported RAM clock speed that the CPU specs show, or the supported RAM clock speeds that the Motherboard specs show?

Question Two: Can the Intel Core i7-6700K actually support more then 32GB of RAM, or is pcpartpicker off on their information for this situtation?

For those of you who actually read through all my useless banter and got to my 2 rather simple questions: You must have the patience of a saint, or you're really bored. Either one works 😛

Thanks for the help

 

[Martell1977]

the...?

 

[rgd1101]

pcpartpicker can only do so much, read the spec to make sure it compatible. The motherboard can run higher clock ram, it use XMP.

 

[Spencer The Kid]

the...?

Sorry, I started the thread in the small side window which I found annoying so I posted it and revised/finished it from the large window.

 

[Zerk2012]

http://ark.intel.com/products/88195/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz

The memory speed listed really means nothing it's more to what the motherboard supports.
If you really need 64GB of memory then you should be looking at a different processor your average user needs nothing close to 32GB even 16 is questionable unless your using specific work programs.

 

[Martell1977]

Question one: The RAM speeds supported by the CPU is reference to the IMC supported speeds, you would have to use BIOS settings to overclock to get the RAM's full speed. i.e. My CPU supports DDR3-1066mhz, I'm running DDR3-1600mhz, so I had to use an XMP setting to get it to run at 1600mhz.

Question Two: I've never really considered a RAM limit on the CPU, I've always looked at the motherboards specs for that. Also looked at what version of Windows supports how much memory. I'd say that the link Zerk2012 answers this question pretty clearly, Intel says the limit is 64gb for that CPU, if said differently by a vendor, it's probably a mistake on the listing.

 

[Zerk2012]

Again I think you might be better off listing your parts picker list and state what the PC will be used for and saying anything I throw at it is not a answer.