Question 1

Is this the retail boxed version that includes fan and heatsink?

Accepted Answer

Yes!

Question 2

What motherboards support this processor and 32 GB of ram?

Accepted Answer

Well, first you will need a LGA 1151 socket motherboard based on the Intel C236 PCH.  This PCH is based upon the consumer Z170 PCH but adds support for ECC Unbuffered DDR4 DIMMs, as does this processor.   There are very few released/announced motherboards right now with the C236 PCH.  Gigabyte, AsRock Rack, and Supermicro  are the primary manufacturers making motherboards...but availability is near zero.  As for 32GB RAM support, all of these motherboards will support 2 x 16GB DDR4 ECC modules--even the Mini ITX ones.

That said, if you do not NEED ECC support, then I recommend steering clear because ECC DDR4 DRAM is going to cost you, plus ECC DDR4 maxes out at DDR4-2133.  The motherboards are geared for servers and/or workstations and you will therefore be shelling out more money.

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