Memory ? /Help

[Skye0lucero]

I'm going with a high-end x299 motherboard and am wanting 32gb of ram it would look a lot better if all 8 dims were populated my ? then is could I go with 8 4gb sticks instead of 2 16gb or will I lose out on performance or something? assuming each stick was rated at 3000 for both variations 

[AdamBGames]

6 minutes ago, Skye0lucero said:

I'm going with a high-end x299 motherboard and am wanting 32gb of ram it would look a lot better if all 8 dims were populated my ? then is could I go with 8 4gb sticks instead of 2 16gb or will I lose out on performance or something? assuming each stick was rated at 3000 for both variations 

this article is about 16gb of ram but the idea is the same

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1866879/difference-8gb-ram-sticks-4gb-ram-sticks.html

[Skye0lucero]

1 minute ago, AdamBGames said:

this article is about 16gb of ram but the idea is the same

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1866879/difference-8gb-ram-sticks-4gb-ram-sticks.html

so more Sticks of ram would be better even if each individual stick has a lower gigabyte amount 

[AdamBGames]

Just now, Skye0lucero said:

so more Sticks of ram would be better even if each individual stick has a lower gigabyte amount 

no, less sticks means less stress on the memory controller as it has to make sure each stick is running at the nessasary speed. in real world applications, you wont see much of a difference but the temps of your cpu might go up a bit as the controller works harder. if you are going to x299 im assuming you are watercooling or are getting a beefy air cooler. so it wont make much difference

[Skye0lucero]

Just now, AdamBGames said:

no, less sticks means less stress on the memory controller as it has to make sure each stick is running at the nessasary speed. in real world applications, you wont see much of a difference but the temps of your cpu might go up a bit as the controller works harder. if you are going to x299 im assuming you are watercooling or are getting a beefy air cooler. so it wont make much difference

Going with a Aio not a full water loop its a workstation build so kinda have to have it low maintenance and easy to replace parts of something goes wrong 

[AdamBGames]

1 minute ago, Skye0lucero said:

Going with a Aio not a full water loop its a workstation build so kinda have to have it low maintenance and easy to replace parts of something goes wrong 

thats what I assumed, so yeah, itll be fine no matter what you do

[Skye0lucero]

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