12GB of Ram vs 16GB

[Laycoon]

So I currently have 8gb of ram and 2 available ram slots, well i'm in need of an upgrade and was wondering if just get a 2x2 kit with same specs as mine would be a good upgrade, or just getting a another 4x2 kit, I would save money the other way but how much of a performance difference is there?

[Crunchy Dragon]

There wouldn't be a performance loss, but you would lose 4Gb of RAM.

 

Honestly, I would just go for the 16Gb.

[Laycoon]

1 minute ago, Laycoon said:

So I currently have 8gb of ram and 2 available ram slots, well i'm in need of an upgrade and was wondering if just get a 2x2 kit with same specs as mine would be a good upgrade, or just getting a another 4x2 kit, I would save money the other way but how much of a performance difference is there?

nvm lol

[Laycoon]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

There wouldn't be a performance loss, but you would lose 4Gb of RAM.

 

Honestly, I would just go for the 16Gb.

Just realized they don't make 4gb kits, but they make 4gb sticks, I could run in single channel but ik it's just going to hold back performance, i'll just get another 8gb kit

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Laycoon said:

Just realized they don't make 4gb kits, but they make 4gb sticks, I could run in single channel but ik it's just going to hold back performance, i'll just get another 8gb kit

I believe with 4 ram sticks, you would run single channel for every stick regardless of capacity.

[Laycoon]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I believe with 4 ram sticks, you would run single channel for every stick regardless of capacity.

jeez

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Laycoon said:

jeez

Don't quote me on that, I could be wrong.

 

Someone here probably knows more than me.

[Sakkura]

Dual channel with 4 sticks should work fine.

 

Provided you don't run into compatibility issues from mixing different memory, anyway.

[Laycoon]

Just now, Sakkura said:

Dual channel with 4 sticks should work fine.

 

Provided you don't run into compatibility issues from mixing different memory, anyway.

I heard ryzen doesn't like it and has compatible issues even if you buy the exact same kit sometimes, thinking about just selling my current ram and buying a 16gb kit

[Laycoon]

Main problem is rust, that game has so many fps drops with 8gb of ram its ridiculous 

[Sakkura]

Just now, Laycoon said:

I heard ryzen doesn't like it and has compatible issues even if you buy the exact same kit sometimes, thinking about just selling my current ram and buying a 16gb kit

Ah, yes Ryzen is pretty picky about memory, at least 1st gen Ryzen. It can run dual channel with 4 sticks, but it might need low memory speeds. It might be better to just buy a 16GB kit and sell the 8GB kit.

[Laycoon]

Just now, Sakkura said:

Ah, yes Ryzen is pretty picky about memory, at least 1st gen Ryzen. It can run dual channel with 4 sticks, but it might need low memory speeds. It might be better to just buy a 16GB kit and sell the 8GB kit.

yeah i have a 1700x and my 2400mhz ram isn't cutting it either, will most likely go for some 3000mhz kits

[Sakkura]

3 minutes ago, Laycoon said:

yeah i have a 1700x and my 2400mhz ram isn't cutting it either, will most likely go for some 3000mhz kits

That sounds pretty good.

 

(but then I have to say that, since I have a 2700X and 16 gigs of DDR4-3000 )

[Laycoon]

Just now, Sakkura said:

That sounds pretty good.

 

(but then I have to say that, since I have a 2700X and 16 gigs of DDR4-3000 )

dream combo huh lol