memory+cpu help

[harmy]

What would happen when I pair a ryzen 1600 with a B350 with four memory slots? Will everything work correctly?

(will start with 2x4gb but would be nice to have 4x4gb or something)

[Shimejii]

It will be fine, just wont be in dual channel mode if you fill the other slots. 2 Ram slots in the correct spots (usually marked grey but check Mobo manual for the spots) will give dual channel

[Lurick]

It will work just fine and if you populate the correct slots they two sticks will run in dual channel mode.

It's a dual channel board, not quad channel.

Having 4 slots doesn't make it quad channel.

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

It will be fine, just wont be in dual channel mode.

2 sticks of compatible memory will most definitely run in dual channel mode.

[Shimejii]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

2 sticks of compatible memory will most definitely run in dual channel mode.

Read 4 sticks in 4 slots, then 2 slots in 2 slots hrmm

[Lurick]

3 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

Read 4 sticks in 4 slots, then 2 slots in 2 slots hrmm

Number of RAM sticks does not equal channels and having 4 populated doesn't mean you lose dual channel.

You can have 4 sticks populated and have dual channel mode still work just fine. You have 2 channels per pair of sticks.