4 x 8GB or 8 x 4GB

[Wayne Tai]

Is there a difference?

 

I'm going to put 32GB of DDR 4 ram into my system. What are the pros and cons of each option?

[iamdarkyoshi]

get four 8GB for future expansion.

[Aytex]

8x4 looks cooler on a mobo  :^)

[The Cool n00B]

8x4 looks cooler on a mobo  :^)

omg the 69 in your post count

[Aytex]

omg the 69 in your post count

just wait ill 6,969

[FuzzyYellow]

4x8. Pros: only 4 ram slots, so you can upgrade later

 

8x4: Pros: none

 

they both will have quad channel, so it really doesn't matter.

[iamdarkyoshi]

8x4 looks cooler on a mobo  :^)

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/439038-the-renderbox-64gb-12-thread-renderinggaming-machine-build-log/ Look here, 64GB of ram on a motherboard looks friggin sick. But I would suggest OP use four 8GB sticks so more can be added later.

[The Cool n00B]

just wait ill 6,969

yeet. but you just ruined it also so...

[Chris_R.]

8x4 looks cooler on a mobo  :^)

Sadly it also increase the chance of a bad stick of ram. I've been dealing with nightmares with my 16GB kit of 4GB * 4Sticks

 

But it does look cooler

[i_build_nanosuits]

4x8gb because then you can upgrade in the future if needed and you put less stress on your memory controler and also lower power consumption and heat.

Also less chances of instability/faulty sticks/failure.

Performance wise it's the same so no pros going with 8x4gb except might look more bad ass.

[SeanAngelo]

Is there a difference?

 

I'm going to put 32GB of DDR 4 ram into my system. What are the pros and cons of each option?

4x8gb for expansion later on

[iamdarkyoshi]

Sadly it also increase the chance of a bad stick of ram. I've been dealing with nightmares with my 16GB kit of 4GB * 4Sticks

 

But it does look cooler

I had 64GB of ram failing memtest with no proof of purchase or original packaging and patriot sent me two brand new 32GB kits. Awesome!

[Oshino Shinobu]

It depends on how much you think you'll need. If you're going to need 64GB, then go for 4x8GB so you can upgrade later. If you're not going to need that, then go for 8x4GB, because a board with every RAM slot populated looks much better if you ask me. Between the two, there's no noticeable performance difference, and both will run in quad channel, provided you arrange the sticks correctly with the 4x8GB. 

[Wayne Tai]

@ Oshino

 

Don't think I'll ever need 64GB though, not in the near future.

 

32GB is more than adequate for future proofing. Since there are no difference in performance, think i'm going w 8 dimms of 4GB ram then. It really does make the rig looks a lot better.

[iamdarkyoshi]

future expansions - don't think I'll ever need 64GB of ram though.. 

My PC used to have 64GB of ram.

[Wayne Tai]

My PC used to have 64GB of ram.

 

In what scenario does your PC uses that much ram? 

[SPAS-ID]

4x8

[iamdarkyoshi]

In what scenario does your PC uses that much ram? 

I got them secondhand. They used to do CPU based video rendering and they always resorted to using an SSD for pagefile once the RAM was all full. CPU was a 3930k