I have a question about the chanels of ram in a motherboard

[Daniel_fcc]

So im getting the ATX MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge WiFi mobo and im also getting Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16 i know that with 2 sticks it will be able to run at 3600mhz with this mobo but im planing to get another Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16 kit like 1 year down the line, but with all the 4 slots filled in the motherbord will it still be able to run the ram at 3600 mhz? is it worth to even buy the 3600mhz if it wont run with 4 stick 1 year from now ?

[Omar.B]

22 minutes ago, Daniel_fcc said:

So im getting the ATX MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge WiFi mobo and im also getting Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16 i know that with 2 sticks it will be able to run at 3600mhz with this mobo but im planing to get another Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16 kit like 1 year down the line, but with all the 4 slots filled in the motherbord will it still be able to run the ram at 3600 mhz? is it worth to even buy the 3600mhz if it wont run with 4 stick 1 year from now ?

No it will run in dual rank channel mode which its better for ryzen

[Shreyasb]

22 minutes ago, Daniel_fcc said:

So im getting the ATX MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge WiFi mobo and im also getting Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16 i know that with 2 sticks it will be able to run at 3600mhz with this mobo but im planing to get another Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16 kit like 1 year down the line, but with all the 4 slots filled in the motherbord will it still be able to run the ram at 3600 mhz? is it worth to even buy the 3600mhz if it wont run with 4 stick 1 year from now 

Which cpu are you planning to use?

[Chris Pratt]

The board can handle much higher than 3600MHz, so no, there should be no issue with two or four sticks. It can be impacted by the CPU's IMC, though. What CPU do you have?

[Chris Pratt]

2 minutes ago, Omar.B said:

No it will run in dual rank channel mode which its better for ryzen

It will run dual channel, either way. And, that's good for basically all consumer CPUs, AMD or Intel. You'd have to go very far back to find something that only supports single channel.

 

Ranks is an entirely different thing. There's some performance benefit for Ryzen running with four ranks, but it's not going to make or break your system one way or another. At 8GB, each stick will be single rank, so initially you'll only have two ranks, but after you add two more, you'll have the ideal of four. No issue either way, though.

[Daniel_fcc]

3 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

The board can handle much higher than 3600MHz, so no, there should be no issue with two or four sticks. It can be impacted by the CPU's IMC, though. What CPU do you have?

It's a ryzen 5 5600X

[Daniel_fcc]

3 hours ago, Shreyasb said:

Which cpu are you planning to use?

Ryzen 5 5600X 

[Shreyasb]

11 hours ago, Daniel_fcc said:

Ryzen 5 5600X 

Then it should work.