Is It Better to Have 4x8gb or 2x16gb

Level 1 1 yr. Ago The fewest will always give u better overclocking.

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Forced 2x16 T-topology MB prefers 4x8 Daisy Chain MB prefers 2x16 one per bank silk186 like this Oct 31 2019 10 kirbyrj Fully H Joined Feb 1 2005 Messages 29615 Mega6 said.

. For gaming it wont benefit you at all. It takes less voltage to run 2 dimms it also increase stability also have the ability to overclock higher having less slots filled. Quad channel is much better because the information can go through all 4 of them which means the ram usage is much more efficient.

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So the benefits of 4x8GB over 2x16GB on X299 with Skylake X are very real and significant. Check the timings on the 4x8 vs the 2x16 because cl16 will be better than cl18. Ryzen chips using the AM4 socket R3 R5 R7 only support single- and dual-channel memory modes.

Forced 2x16 T-topology MB prefers 4x8. Depending on the MB topology. If you are planning to upgrade your ram I dont think you need more than 32gb unless you are running a server go with the 2x16GB.

In reply to SantaFeBill Nov 23 2019. Want to know which mobo to get. 2x16GB would have a benefit in better performance since it can theoretically archive higher clock-speeds or lower latencys due to less interference on the data lines.

Otherwise there is no improvement at all. 2x16GB will be better because your CPU has dual channel memory controller. With a 32GB target - Dual slot - best for signaling.

4x8GB wont make any performance difference in it. Assassins Creed Odyssey Battlefield V Tom Clancys The Division 2Computer Details CPU. If you get the 2x16 and you end up needing more RAM you can always add another kit.

Dual slot - best for signaling. Which is better 4x8GB RAM or 2x16GB RAM. Its sort of like asking if it is better to have a 2 liter bottle of water or better to have two separate 1 liter units of wat.

This is one of the many questions that expect a clear answer where there isnt enough information to give one. Yeah it would be 2x8gb vs 4x8gb as the RAM that I have are 8gb each. 4 8GB RAM for 32GB total will have a performance hit - the 2x16GB configuration will be much slower.

However again youd be looking at a costly upgrade for 32gb of Ddr4 3200 ram. Team HardwareLUXX Show off your GSKILL products. So if all modules are identical speedslatencies and since most 16gb modules are dual rank vs the 8gb modules being single then running 2x16gb is a superior and clearly better option than running 4x8gb level 1 1 yr.

Generally 4x8GB RAM will offer slightly more performance out of the gate but can limit your potential performance down the road. Answer 1 of 3. Most people wont even noticed the difference between running 2666 vs 3000 or even 3200.

4x8GB is better just slightly by like 3 fps but it limits your upgradability. Expand Posted February 8 2018 doesnt matter since you cant run quad channel on Z370 but you get better upgradibility with 2x16gb. 4x8 is actually just barely better but not in any noticeable way at all.

4x8GB will only be faster if your motherboard supports quad channeling of your RAM. For the more ambitious PC user demands peak performance 2X16GB RAM model is a better choice as it has the ability to upgrade from the initial pool of memory. Unless you are doing multiple large VMs analytic database serving pro level content creation or other memory intensive stuff 32GB ought to do it.

Its not as easy as 2x8 for overclocking but it will overclock better than 4x8. Ive read that using 2 16GB RAM vs. Most motherboards only support dual channeling even with four RAM slots.

Going with quad channel offers double the memory performance of dual channel at the same frequencytimings. Ah ok I get it. On the other hand for his CPU the only real boost from 4x8GB to 2x16GB is a kit with 16GB single-rank modules.

Youre generally better off with 2x16 instead of. Dual Rank RAM2x16GB vs Single Rank RAM4x8GB 3600MHzGames. Rank Interleaving on dual rank kits like 2x16 also provide a performance benefit.

Crucials support has confirmed this for my Dell 3620 - the 4x8GB config will be much faster. The higher the mb tier is the less diff ull notice. As for 4x8 or 2x16 it is nearly the same on your board performance wise.

4x8GB is always running at least in dual-channel. The only difference if there is one will only be present on paper and some benchmarks but wont actually translate to a noticeable difference. With DDR4 4x8GB sticks will perform the same - in the real world - as 2x16gb sticks.

Ive seen a figure of 50 slower. Stick with 32 unless you know why you may need 64. Z170 boards only support dual channel memory so anything past 2 sticks doesnt offer much benefit.

Also uwLeZeL do you actually need 32GB of RAM. 4x8GB is beneficial for X99 X299 based PC due to quad channel memory controller. If you are not planning to upgrade your systems ram 4x8gb sticks would do the trick.

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