Ram 8gb :2x4gb or 1x8gb

[VictorSimtion]

Hi guys,

i'm a budget and I'm building a 1000 dollarish sky lake gaming pc and I have two questions first should I go with 2x4gb or 1x8gb keep in mind I want to upgrade to 16 gab later on .And the second question I'm running on a 660k cpuand I'm planning to overclock it is a 212 hyper evo/plus enough or should I go with a all in one liquid cooler like the nzxt x41 kracken P.S. Esthetics are very important to me 

                                                   Thank you. If you have other suggestions i

[PawaYuza]

1. Get a single 8GB stick. Save and buy another whenever you can. Always try to get the bigger stick, IMO.

2. You shouldn't need to go liquid. Look into going with any Noctua, Phanteks, or CoolerMaster heatsink.

[Lukiewookie]

You said you want to upgrade later on; I would go with the 1x8, as that would be much easier and budget friendly. Sure, dual channel has it's advantages, but for your case upgrade ability is a better option.

 

Also, as @PawaYuza said, you shouldn't need to liquid cool. You can get some really cool looking heatsinks for a decent price, if aesthetics are your thing.

[Schony125]

get 8 gb of ram and then get another one for 16 gb later.

The 212 evo is ok if you aren't crazy with your overclock or dont mind a bit of noise.

If aesthetics are very important to you I would go for a air cooler IMO they look much more badass then a licquid cooler with massive heat pipes and big imprint in you case a noctua nh-d15 or a BeQuite! dark rock pro 3 are 2 examples.

[Moonzy]

welcome to the forums

remember to quote or mention someone when you reply them so they get a notification

 

6 minutes ago, VictorSimtion said:

first should I go with 2x4gb or 1x8gb keep in mind I want to upgrade to 16 gab later on

if you're not running anything cpu intensive, single stick will do just fine

one stick of ram will cause your system to run in single channel, thus not having a high bandwidth

though if you add a 2nd ram later it might not be compatible

 

so i recommend adding 2x4gb, you get dual channel speed and 8gb ram, and you can add 2 more sticks (8gb or 4gb sticks) in the future

but if your board only supports 2 sticks, just go with single 8gb lol

 

8 minutes ago, VictorSimtion said:

second question I'm running on a 660k cpuand I'm planning to overclock it is a 212 hyper evo/plus enough or should I go with a all in one liquid cooler like the nzxt x41 kracken P.S. Esthetics are very important to me 

the 212 evo will perform well

but for looks and higher performance, get the x41 kraken

 

personally i would recommend getting a dual rad AIO

because a single rad AIO just isnt worth it, might as well grab a high performance air cooler

[porina]

If the mobo has 4 ram slots, I'd go 2x4. That will double your ram bandwidth from running dual channel instead of one, and you can still upgrade later without removing ram.

 

The 212 cooler is quite decent but you will find yourself wanting more if you really want to push the overclock. Personally I'd only use the 212 up to low 4 GHz range.

[Thony]

1 stick or 2 sticks doesnt matter for maximum of 16gb because your mobo will have 4 slots (4x4 =16).

 

U only need higher capacity ram sticks if u know for sure that u will need 32GB or more in the future.

 

The other very important factor is price. So if single 8gb stick of ram is cheaper then there is no discussion

 

Just remember that when u upgrade later, u will need to buy the same exact model of the ram so they match perfectly.

[LynxThe1st]

22 minutes ago, PawaYuza said:

1. Get a single 8GB stick. Save and buy another whenever you can. Always try to get the bigger stick, IMO.

2. You shouldn't need to go liquid. Look into going with any Noctua, Phanteks, or CoolerMaster heatsink.

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19 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

so i recommend adding 2x4gb, you get dual channel speed and 8gb ram, and you can add 2 more sticks (8gb or 4gb sticks) in the future

but if your board only supports 2 sticks, just go with single 8gb lol

I don't know which to agree on ;-;

 

1 stick or 2 sticks doesnt matter for maximum of 16gb because your mobo will have 4 slots (4x4 =16).

not always you're on a tech forums ffs, you should know that not all motherboards are the same and have the same amount of slots

e.g my mobo has 2 slots

[Moonzy]

10 minutes ago, Thony said:

u will need to buy the same exact model of the ram so they match perfectly

even so, there's a chance they wont run in dual channel

or even boot at all lol

 

same brand, same model, same spec, same batch

this will ensure you have the highest chance of them working together, though it is not guaranteed

[Astralify]

8gigs and then 16. You never know what you'll wanna do in the future. This is PC after all. ;-) My photoshop for example eats 8-12gigs regularly with my insane projects.

[Thony]

3 hours ago, LynxThe1st said:

not always you're on a tech forums ffs, you should know that not all motherboards are the same and have the same amount of slots

e.g my mobo has 2 slots

If he was going for ITX build he would say it  . ATX boards have 4. I do know that so pls dont judge me without knowing me. Its very rude.

[Napalm360]

4 hours ago, VictorSimtion said:

Hi guys,

i'm a budget and I'm building a 1000 dollarish sky lake gaming pc and I have two questions first should I go with 2x4gb or 1x8gb keep in mind I want to upgrade to 16 gab later on .And the second question I'm running on a 660k cpuand I'm planning to overclock it is a 212 hyper evo/plus enough or should I go with a all in one liquid cooler like the nzxt x41 kracken P.S. Esthetics are very important to me 

                                                   Thank you. If you have other suggestions i

The noctua nh d14 is a great heatsink though its a bit big and might intefere with ram. 

[Sintezza]

Single or Dual channel isnt realy going to matter much for gaming.

Just grab 1x8GB.