RAM issue. Please help!

[StimulusDanny]

Sooo, I bought 2  2x8Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum , so I would have 32Gb of RAM, beacuse the 4x8Gb packs were out of stock, but I just saw this video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8fhsXqq4o

 

So now I understand that what I bought is a dual channel RAM, but if I put 4 sticks of RAM that would cause stability problems or something.  :wacko:  

Can someone clarify this to me? :huh:  Thanks!

[79wjd]

Sooo, I bought 2  2x8Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum , so I would have 32Gb of RAM, beacuse the 4x8Gb packs were out of stock, but I just saw this video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8fhsXqq4o

 

So now I understand that what I bought is a dual channel RAM, but if I put 4 sticks of RAM that would cause stability problems or something.  :wacko:  

Can someone clarify this to me? :huh:  Thanks!

It will work fine. More than likely your board doesn't even support quad channel ram--so this will be the best performance you can get anyway. 

[StimulusDanny]

It will work fine. More than likely your board doesn't even support quad channel ram--so this will be the best performance you can get anyway

But I have a Maximus 6 Formula, that should support quad channel, no?

[79wjd]

But I have a Maximus 6 Formula, that should support quad channel, no?

nope, only dual channel. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132038&cm_re=Maximus_6_Formula-_-13-132-038-_-Product

 

Just to clarify, most board don't support quad channel ram, but you can still use more than 2 stick on a board that supports dual channel. All dual/tri/quad channel means is that the ram works together seamlessly to get an extra boost. 

 

So, in dual channel 2 8gb sticks will be marginally faster than 1 16gb stick. 

[StimulusDanny]

nope, only dual channel. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132038&cm_re=Maximus_6_Formula-_-13-132-038-_-Product

 

Just to clarify, most board don't support quad channel ram, but you can still use more than 2 stick on a board that supports dual channel. 

Oh, all right then, thanks!  :lol:

[Antistatic12]

I did that. works fine. I bought 2 packs of 2x4GB corsair doms. (16Gb total)

As Linus says. "It can work. probably."

[H4X3R]

Look at my sig and you'll know that it works.