Quad channel memory.

[mystery707]

So I am running 16gb of quad channel ram. I watched this video https://youtu.be/-D8fhsXqq4o My motherboard is the 2011-v3 asrock extreme 6. My ram is the G.Skill series 4 16gb. I have enough ram slots to fit 8 sticks of ram. Would it be bad to buy another set of the same ram to upgrade my memory? Is it bad to run two quad channel kits in one motherboard?

[TheKDub]

Its fine for you to run two quad channel kits in one motherboard, hell you could even just stick a bunch of random ass sticks of ram in there. (assuming their timings and such were all the same, it would just downclock to the speed of the slowest dimm)

[dadasmithywinkle]

So I am running 16gb of quad channel ram. I watched this video My motherboard is the 2011-v3 asrock extreme 6. My ram is the G.Skill series 4 16gb. I have enough ram slots to fit 8 sticks of ram. Would it be bad to buy another set of the same ram to upgrade my memory? Is it bad to run two quad channel kits in one motherboard?

How would it be bad to add more ram? Do you think they would have given you the option had it been a bad idea?

[Scarymonkeys]

Do you need more ram?

[mystery707]

How would it be bad to add more ram? Do you think they would have given you the option had it been a bad idea?

Well he mentioned not go out and get two dual channel kits for a quad channel board. So I applied that same logic to my board.

[dadasmithywinkle]

Well he mentioned not go out and get two dual channel kits for a quad channel board. So I applied that same logic to my board.

Thats only because quad is more stable with a quad kit. There's no such thing as eight channel, so there's nothing to worry about.

[skylane]

It's not just ok to do but that's how you want to fill your memory. Fill all your channels. However, which CPU are you running? 64GB might already be your limit unless you're running a Xeon.

[mystery707]

Okay thanks.

[mystery707]

I am running a i7-5820k

It's not just ok to do but that's how you want to fill your memory. Fill all your channels. However, which CPU are you running? 64GB might already be your limit unless you're running a Xeon.

[typographie]

Is it bad to run two quad channel kits in one motherboard?

 

Quad channel only means that DIMMs are installed in matching sets of four—it doesn't mean you can only have four DIMMs. Two sets of four is still valid for quad-channel. They wouldn't give you eight RAM slots if they were going to punish you for using them.

[mystery707]

Haha thanks