X99E-ITX/ac with 32GB ram

[zwickarrb]

Hello,

I am looking to purchase the X99E-ITX/ac and 32GB ram (Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400) for use with a Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor.

If I purchase now do I need to update the bios to support this much ram?

if I do need to update the board, will it support 1 16GB stick so I can do the update?

PC Partpicker list im building from

thanks!
z

 

[DonkeyOatie]

AFAIK, the X99E-ITX/ac will work with 2 x 16 DDR4 memory, as the conclusion of this review mentions. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9391/the-asrock-x99e-itx-ac-review-36-threads/8

PCPartPicker validates this build (for what It's worth)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($379.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA2011-3 Narrow Motherboard ($248.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($288.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($222.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1729.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-05 17:32 EDT-0400

 

[zwickarrb]

right, the board does support it but i'm reading that I may have to update the BIOS. Was wondering if anyone here is using this MOBO with 32Gb ram and had to do the update and if they ran into any issues.

 

[zwickarrb]

ASRock replied to another forum I posted to:

We tested X99E-ITX/ac with Corsair DDR4-CORSAIR-16G-2400-14-LPX-1.2V memory (module name:CMK32GX4M2A2400C14) in our end.

We suggest to use other memory update latest BIOS P1.40 version form our website as below:

Bios update link

Then install the corsair 16GX2 memory on X99E-ITX/ac.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thanks.