Well I guess this is as good a place as any to ask this. So I'm wanting to build a ZFS fileserver and I thought I'd go ahead with the ECC ram, so I ordered 32gb of 2x16gb ecc ddr3 on ebay because I thought it was cheap. I tried it in my current PC and of course it didn't work, but I didn't realize how hard it would be to find a motherboard that would match it at a decent price.
I'm looking at AM3+ cpus and motherboards, some of which support ECC ram, but I'm unsure about the memory requirements. I've seen a 2xDIMM motherboard that says Max 16gb ram, and a 4xDIMM motherboard that says max 32gb. But does that mean I need 4x8gb? Will 2x16gb sticks work with the 4 dimm motherboard? Does anyone have any other suggestions for cheaper hardware that can put this ram to use?
I'm looking at AM3+ cpus and motherboards, some of which support ECC ram, but I'm unsure about the memory requirements. I've seen a 2xDIMM motherboard that says Max 16gb ram, and a 4xDIMM motherboard that says max 32gb. But does that mean I need 4x8gb? Will 2x16gb sticks work with the 4 dimm motherboard? Does anyone have any other suggestions for cheaper hardware that can put this ram to use?