4x8 vs 2x16

[Basila]

Hello, I am new here. Just a quick question. I live outside US but am buying New PC parts on amazon/newegg. I am aiming for 32gb ram. The thing is if I buy Parts with price more than $100, I must pay import tax of 18%. I know that 2x16 ram has its advantages but from your experience should I pay 18% more for those advantages? Or should I just buy 2 times 2x8 (for example  G.Skill Ripjaws V 16gb for $89) and dont pay additional tax.

Thanks 

 

[8-Bit Ninja]

1 minute ago, Basila said:

Hello, I am new here. Just a quick question. I live outside US but am buying New PC parts on amazon/newegg. I am aiming for 32gb ram. The thing is if I buy Parts with price more than $100, I must pay import tax of 18%. I know that 2x16 ram has its advantages but from your experience should I pay 18% more for those advantages? Or should I just buy 2 times 2x8 (for example  G.Skill Ripjaws V 16gb for $89) and dont pay additional tax.

Thanks 

 

Depends on the motherboard and CPU, most "gaming" motherboards and cpu's don't support quad channel RAM, meaning the only advantage of buying 2x16gb (assuming you are running a more consumer based CPU) is the ability to upgrade to 64gb of ram down the road without having to replace the ram already in the system. 

 

So in short, if you don't think for the life of the PC you'll need more than 32gb of RAM, save yourself the money and buy the 4 sticks. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Depends if you think you'll ever need more than 32GB (assuming your board only has 4 DIMM slots). There'll be basically no performance difference, assuming both are the same specs other than capacity, so really it all depends on if you'll need more than 32GB in the future or not. 

[Odysseas]

It only matters if you want to overclock the RAM past 3800-4000 MHz. If they 're 3200 MHz kits and you're going to set the XMP and leave it, it doesn't matter.

 

However, if your motherboard is T-topology, not daisy chain, then 4x8 has the advantage.