Dual channel or quad channel?

[El Pipa]

Hy guys I have a doud. Is it better to have ram in dual channel or in quad channel? Like if I already have 2 sticks of 8 gigs and then I can add another 2 so I have 32 gigs but in quad channel, is it better than having 2 stick of 16 gb?

[Dedayog]

It won't be quad channel, you'd have 2 sets of dual channel. Quad is specialized boards, not usually on consumer boards.

[Skiiwee29]

The type of CPU you're running determines if its Quad or Dual channel.. not how many memory sticks you have installed. 

[El Pipa]

okey I though quad channel it was like having the four rams in your motherboard, so I should have 2 sticks of 16 

[El Pipa]

I have a ryzen 5 3600

 

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, El Pipa said:

okey I though quad channel it was like having the four rams in your motherboard, so I should have 2 sticks of 16 

4x8 or 2x16 should perform the same, Ryzen 3600 memory controller is decent.  If you even think you may ever go for 64GB RAM, then get the 2x16.

 

4x8 if you want all slots populated and think 32GB is fine until DDR5 in a few years.

[El Pipa]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

4x8 or 2x16 should perform the same, Ryzen 3600 memory controller is decent.  If you even think you may ever go for 64GB RAM, then get the 2x16.

 

4x8 if you want all slots populated and think 32GB is fine until DDR5 in a few years.

thnx 

[YoungBlade]

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

4x8 or 2x16 should perform the same, Ryzen 3600 memory controller is decent.  If you even think you may ever go for 64GB RAM, then get the 2x16.

 

4x8 if you want all slots populated and think 32GB is fine until DDR5 in a few years.

Actually, 4x8 will run a bit faster because the RAM will behave as if there are dual rank modules installed. Dual rank is not the same thing as dual channel. The modules cannot be written to simultaneously like with 2 channels, but while one is being refreshed, the other can be written to. This can give a speed boost in some applications, like gaming.

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, YoungBlade said:

Actually, 4x8 will run a bit faster because the RAM will behave as if there are dual rank modules installed. Dual rank is not the same thing as dual channel. The modules cannot be written to simultaneously like with 2 channels, but while one is being refreshed, the other can be written to. This can give a speed boost in some applications, like gaming.

What, maybe a frame or two overall?

 

Not worth even thinking about.

[Chris Pratt]

1 minute ago, YoungBlade said:

Actually, 4x8 will run a bit faster because the RAM will behave as if there are dual rank modules installed. Dual rank is not the same thing as dual channel. The modules cannot be written to simultaneously like with 2 channels, but while one is being refreshed, the other can be written to. This can give a speed boost in some applications, like gaming.

It will run faster assuming the 2x16GB sticks are only single rank. 4 sticks of single rank is better than 2 sticks of single rank, theoretically. However, 2 sticks of dual rank achieves the same effect.

[YoungBlade]

Just now, Dedayog said:

What, maybe a frame or two overall?

 

Not worth even thinking about.

It depends, but it can be 5-7% in some instances.

 

 

[YoungBlade]

Just now, Chris Pratt said:

It will run faster assuming the 2x16GB sticks are only single rank. 4 sticks of single rank is better than 2 sticks of single rank, theoretically. However, 2 sticks of dual rank achieves the same effect.

Yes, but most consumer RAM is single rank. The 16GB modules I have, for example, are single rank despite their high capacity.

[Chris Pratt]

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

What, maybe a frame or two overall?

 

Not worth even thinking about.

Not everything is about gaming. For gaming, yeah, probably not that important. For other applications, it could matter quite a lot.

[Chris Pratt]

Just now, YoungBlade said:

Yes, but most consumer RAM is single rank. The 16GB modules I have, for example, are single rank despite their high capacity.

Not really. All 8GB is single rank. All 32GB is dual rank. 16GB varies by manufacturer and even the particular model of RAM. I've got a pair of 16GB G.skil Ripjaws V that are dual rank. Something like a 16GB G.skill Trident Z Neo is just single rank, though.

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Not everything is about gaming. For gaming, yeah, probably not that important. For other applications, it could matter quite a lot.

Eh, YoungBlade mentioned gaming specifically for the speed boost so that's my response.

 

Since 90% of this forum is about gaming, I assumed as well. If the OP has specific use cases he wants addressed, he should have mentioned them.

 

 

[El Pipa]

21 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Eh, YoungBlade mentioned gaming specifically for the speed boost so that's my response.

 

Since 90% of this forum is about gaming, I assumed as well. If the OP has specific use cases he wants addressed, he should have mentioned them.

 

 

actually yes, my priorities are gaming and streaming. Probably in a future video editing but not really sure about it. 

[El Pipa]

32 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Not really. All 8GB is single rank. All 32GB is dual rank. 16GB varies by manufacturer and even the particular model of RAM. I've got a pair of 16GB G.skil Ripjaws V that are dual rank. Something like a 16GB G.skill Trident Z Neo is just single rank, though.

I was thinking of buying two corsair vengance pro rgb white stick, both of 8 gb and then add onether 2 sticks, but I dont know what type of rank they are

[Chris Pratt]

55 minutes ago, El Pipa said:

I was thinking of buying two corsair vengance pro rgb white stick, both of 8 gb and then add onether 2 sticks, but I dont know what type of rank they are

8GB sticks will be single rank across the board.