Ivy Bridge Mobo with 32GBs of RAM

Does anyone here have an Ivy Bridge rig where they are using 32GB's?
Photoshop users and Pro Audio DAWs can use this, but I am having difficulty getting anyone to share some screenshots, but I have plenty of screenshots of guys who can;t get 32GBs working.
I had a similar problem on the i7 platform using 24GBs of RAM.
I had to undervolt the DRAM to 1.5v for a stable 1266MHz setting.
If this has to be done on the Ivy Bridge I am OK with that as the faster RAM has diminishing returns after 1333MHz.
But 1600 at CAS 11 is something I would love to see without having to go to a Mac or Xeon based rog.

Thanks

JAV

I believe that SuperMicro motherboards should be able to use 32 GB without problems, because SM does server mobos.

I don't see why it wouldn't work. I haven't received my new IB mobo with 32GB yet.

Well the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors like the Intel Core i7-3770K can support upto 32GB of memory and an Intel Desktop board DZ77GA-70K will support 8GB sticks and has 4 slots and will support 32GB total system RAM.

Be sure to check manufacturer compatibility/validation listings for 8GB modules on their websites.

32GB should work just fine and RAM is supposed to run at 1.5v and I've never had that problem with RAM so maybe you were running cheap RAM?

^ he hasn't gotten an IB with 32GB yet.

Windows 7 Home Premium (which most users use) only supports 16gb RAM. You will need Professional or Ultimate versions to use 32gb RAM.

I have evga z77 FTW with 32gb crucial and .... it works

That's great news. Is it possible for a screenshot..?
I make money using PCs for live performance 6 nights a week, and know about the OS limitations, the proper voltage and quality RAM since money isn't an issue.
DRAM voltage was the factor in my current i7 rigs, but even then using 24GBs ( 23 usuable ) meant that I had to drop RAM speeds to 1266 MHz which is no biggie, but we use 4U ATX chassis w/ redundant spares, also still have a pair of P4s running 6 nights without a hitch, so I make enough coin to buy Xeon parts if this is what it takes.
Just would love to see some proof other than yes mine works, as that would sway me immediately, and even then I wouldn;t start using them at the job for a couple of months, so I have time to test before using. I usually wait for a year before I go jumping into a new platform. But having 4 x 1U PC thanks to the GPU on die, is most enticing, and the other option is to replace the i7's ( MSI x58A-GD64s ) with X79 Intel boards.
It's the portability of going from a 16U ATA Flight case to a 4U ATA Shock rack.
I really want to use the Intel DZ77 or the Asus Sabertooth, don;t mind if I have to adjust RAM settings, but the Samsung Green low profile 22nm RAM at 1.35v sounds like I could just build and run. Too bad they don;t have 8GB DIMMs. But I am looking at the 1.35v versions from other manufacturers as large loads like lower voltage and slower speeds.

If you're a manufacturer BETA tester or rep, surely you could sway me with a screenshot or so.
Really like the looks of the Intel Visual BIOS. The APEs ( audio playback engineers ) I use only need to monitor the show and stomp on the A/B analog switcher in case of a failure.

Thanks for the extra 45 seconds of takling a screenshot in advance.....

No problem using 32GB on the ASUS boards. RAM voltage is 1.550V.


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I really appreciate the favor boss,. You just made up my mind, and oddly enough I used GSkill for the i7 rig. First time ever, now it looks like I'll get the 8GB DIMMs from them since they have a good record with me already.

Really made my week , Thanks..........

Running 32GB on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H.

Running 32GB Corsair Vengeance, 1600Mhz @ CAS 9 on a Asus motherboard Ivy Bridge. No issues so far. Sorry, no screen shots.

IntelEnthusiast said:

Well the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors like the Intel Core i7-3770K can support upto 32GB of memory and an Intel Desktop board DZ77GA-70K will support 8GB sticks and has 4 slots and will support 32GB total system RAM.

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Every ASUS Z77 mobo (same applies to BIOSTAR) supports 8GB DIMMs (which are starting to ship in quantity). And when I said every I mean from high-end to budget.

It's also why I now have a new plan as long as MicroCenter runs these bundle deals on Ivy-Ks - build a Hyper-V home server around a second K and the *losing* board in my Z77 personal shootout. (It won't need an optical drive *or* a GPU, so it may well cost less than BridgeWalker, despite having twice the RAM.)

(Okay - I ran the numbers, and it will actually cost about the same as BridgeWalker's parts cost, as the lack of GPU was compensated for cost-wise by going with three 1TB WD Caviar Blue SATA-6.0gB HDDs and 32GB (8GBx4) of Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600. Yes - I'm quite aware that DDR3-1600 is overclocking memory, even for Ivy Bridge; however, these are also MicroCenter's second-cheapest 8GB modules.)

PGHammer said:

build a Hyper-V home server around a second K.

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Just remember that while it'll run, the K-chips don't have Intel VT-d or a few other features, which limits their virtualization functionality- limited peripheral accessibility in a virtualized OS, for example.

calikool said:

Running 32GB Corsair Vengeance, 1600Mhz @ CAS 9 on a Asus motherboard Ivy Bridge. No issues so far. Sorry, no screen shots.

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The Vengeance stuff has treated us pretty well. Both on the test bench and in my personal machine. I've got 3x4GB modules in my old X58 rig and 4x8GB modules in my current Core i7 3930K machine.

mavalpha said:

Just remember that while it'll run, the K-chips don't have Intel VT-d or a few other features, which limits their virtualization functionality- limited peripheral accessibility in a virtualized OS, for example.

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VT-d would only be needed for hardware that the host OS doesn't support - a non-issue for my usages. (I don't use VMs for hardware testing or troubleshooting issues, but *software* testing and support issues, which is why I don't need VT-d.)

Due to my not needing VT-d, Hyper-V (with or without SLAT/EPT) is more cost-effective than VMware. (I'm evaluating Windows Server 2012 in this role because I can use it as both a Hyper-V server and a storage server simultaneously using just what's there - no additional software required.) Because this will be a home LAN/lab use, I can use a standard Z77 ATX desktop rig as the core and simply load up on RAM and storage - hence the 32GB of RAM and 3TB of HDDs (and why no optical drive at all).

PGHammer said:

Every ASUS Z77 mobo (same applies to BIOSTAR) supports 8GB DIMMs (which are starting to ship in quantity). And when I said every I mean from high-end to budget.

It's also why I now have a new plan as long as MicroCenter runs these bundle deals on Ivy-Ks - build a Hyper-V home server around a second K and the *losing* board in my Z77 personal shootout. (It won't need an optical drive *or* a GPU, so it may well cost less than BridgeWalker, despite having twice the RAM.)

(Okay - I ran the numbers, and it will actually cost about the same as BridgeWalker's parts cost, as the lack of GPU was compensated for cost-wise by going with three 1TB WD Caviar Blue SATA-6.0gB HDDs and 32GB (8GBx4) of Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600. Yes - I'm quite aware that DDR3-1600 is overclocking memory, even for Ivy Bridge; however, these are also MicroCenter's second-cheapest 8GB modules.)

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Why is DDR3-1600 OC on an Ivy Bridge CPU? Memory spec supports it now, it was only above spec on SB.

grambo said:

Why is DDR3-1600 OC on an Ivy Bridge CPU? Memory spec supports it now, it was only above spec on SB.

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And yet there are still a lot of so-called "DDR3-1600" RAM that is not natively DDR3-1600. In the case of Corsair, they do not currently offer any DDR3 modules that are native DDR3-1600: They have the "DDR3-1600" setting only via an XMP profile. Otherwise, the RAM will default to DDR3-1333.

G.SKILL, on the other hand, has many modules that are "native" DDR3-1600 (as indicated by a JEDEC DDR3-1600 setting in their SPD).

E4g1e said:

And yet there are still a lot of so-called "DDR3-1600" RAM that is not natively DDR3-1600. In the case of Corsair, they do not currently offer any DDR3 modules that are native DDR3-1600: They have the "DDR3-1600" setting only via an XMP profile. Otherwise, the RAM will default to DDR3-1333.

G.SKILL, on the other hand, has many modules that are "native" DDR3-1600 (as indicated by a JEDEC DDR3-1600 setting in their SPD).

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Which given that 99% of all motherboards can run with that same Corsair memory at DDR3 1600MHz speeds since the X58 and P55 days, I'd say who cares? Doesn't really make any difference.

What I meant was overkill - I don't plan on overclocking the server.