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I accidently got 1x8 gb stick of ram, my mobo only supports up to 8gb of ram- so no upgrade path is the performance gained by dual channel worth returning and rebuying 2x 4gb?

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Perhaps some context would be excellent.

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? More detail please

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1 minute ago, daniellearmouth said:

Perhaps some context would be excellent.

Lmao yea I pressed enter accidently before I finished typing, You wrote as i was editing it xD

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3 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

? More detail please

Sorry premuterly posted before finishing the post- got two replies while editing 

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5 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I accidently got 1x8 gb stick of ram, my mobo only supports up to 8gb of ram- so no upgrade path is the performance gained by dual channel worth returning and rebuying 2x 4gb?

yes, a single stick will not run in dual channel so you are better of with 2x4gb

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1 minute ago, MattLY said:

Lmao yea I pressed enter accidently before I finished typing, You wrote as i was editing it xD

Gotcha.

 

4 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I accidently got 1x8 gb stick of ram, my mobo only supports up to 8gb of ram- so no upgrade path is the performance gained by dual channel worth returning and rebuying 2x 4gb?

It's certainly preferable. Some programs run smoother with dual channel as opposed to single channel. And hell, since you've got not much of an upgrade path on your board you may as well fill up both slots anyway, really.

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6 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I accidently got 1x8 gb stick of ram, my mobo only supports up to 8gb of ram- so no upgrade path is the performance gained by dual channel worth returning and rebuying 2x 4gb?

What MB do you have? Never heard of a modern board only supporting 8gb of ram. 

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1 minute ago, JamGorby said:

What MB do you have. Never heard of a modern board only supporting 8gb of ram. 

A dell one that I upgraded for gaming

 

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2 minutes ago, MattLY said:

A dell one that I upgraded for gaming

 

Perhaps it only supports 8gb dimms so you can have 2x 8gb. Only supporting 8gb regardless of configuration would be a rather strange limitation.

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1 minute ago, JamGorby said:

Perhaps it only supports 8gb dimms so you can have 2x 8gb. Only supporting 8gb regardless of configuration would be a rather strange limitation.

Tech support said it only supports up to 8gb in 1 slot and up to 2x4gb idk man.

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Have you tested that the single 8gb stick works? 

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6 minutes ago, JamGorby said:

Have you tested that the single 8gb stick works? 

Nah but man ill just return and get 2x4gb 

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