Add another 2x4?

[FunTapz]

My setup is a 2200g on a b450 f with a 2x4 kit of ram i plan on upgrading to a 3700x and 16gb of ram. would it be a good idea to buy another kit of the 2x4 and use all 4 dimms in dual channel?

[Alex Atkin UK]

Performance is usually slightly better with two sticks rather than four, although I'd be surprised if you could tell the difference in normal use.

[jiyeon]

It's definitely possible, but I'd be concerned if your motherboard can take all 4 sticks in one go. I run 4 sticks of Corsair LPX 2400MHz in a 4x4GB array on 3000MHz fine on my PC.

 

By comparison, my brother also uses a 4x4GB setup on his PC but can only achieve 2833MHz instead of the targetted 3000MHz that the kit is rated for.