RAM?

[GYPz]

I'm a novice to the PC world so stick with me. I'm getting ready to build a system and the mobo says it supports dual channel but the kit I want has 4 sticks so does that mean it's quad channel and won't work? Forgive me if that's a dumb question. 

[glitchmaster0001]

1 minute ago, GYPz said:

I'm a novice to the PC world so stick with me. I'm getting ready to build a system and the mobo says it supports dual channel but the kit I want has 4 sticks so does that mean it's quad channel? Forgive me if that's a dumb question. 

no it is dual channel and it depends on your board. what board do you have 

[GYPz]

4 minutes ago, GYPz said:

I'm a novice to the PC world so stick with me. I'm getting ready to build a system and the mobo says it supports dual channel but the kit I want has 4 sticks so does that mean it's quad channel? Forgive me if that's a dumb question. 

The board I plan on getting is an Asus Z170-A

[GYPz]

9 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

no it is dual channel and it depends on your board. what board do you have 

The board I plan on getting is an Asus Z170-A

[Imakuni]

6 minutes ago, GYPz said:

The board I plan on getting is an Asus Z170-A

Can't you just get a 2x8gb kit instead? It should even be cheaper and / or with better specs.

[Cyracus]

basically if you wanna populate all 4 ram slots you're doing it right, but I would opt for a 2 stick kit of the same total capacity, that way if you want/need to get more memory later you can with a smaller cost. 

[GYPz]

So I can use 4 sticks but it's smarter to just populate 2 for future upgrade? 

[Imakuni]

1 minute ago, GYPz said:

So I can use 4 sticks but it's smarter to just populate 2 for future upgrade? 

Yes... but there are also other advantages for going with 2 sticks only.

[Torn]

Example,  Higher CPU overclocks are often possible with 2 instead of 4 sticks of ram

[GYPz]

Thank you all have been very helpful.