Dual/Quad Channel

[Zarocus1337]

Hey I'm sure this has been asked before, but I haven't been able to find an answer simple enough to explain it. I am looking at memory for my X399 Aorus Gaming 7 motherboard to be paired with my Threadripper 1950X. Currently I have 2x16GB G.Skill TridentZ RGB 3200Mhz dimms installed. If I were to add two more dimms would that become quad channel? Or does it stay dual channel? Is it the number of dimms/sticks that makes it single, dual, triple, quad, ect channel or is it the way the RAM chips are made? I've been debating if I should add two more of what I have (which is great) or if I should just bite the bullet and get an "official" quad channel kit right out of Newegg. I still know that I can order two more of the same sticks that I have. I am just curious if I would have any issues, if it would only be dual channel, or if it would become quad channel. Also what performance increases would or should I expect if I were to get it into quad  channel?

[ZeouLs]

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Quad Channel ECC/ Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 8 DIMMs, 3600MHz+(OC)

Source: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X399-AORUS-Gaming-7-rev-10#kf

tl;dr you can install 4 dimms which would make it a quad channel and install another 4 for 2 x quad channel

Yes 4 dimms labeled as dual channel will work fine, I cant see any performance increase and if it's very little and all those "dual channel" or "quad channel" labels are marketing, if you have the same dimm 4 times, it will work fine

[Zarocus1337]

@ZeouLs Thank you that makes absolute sense. So basically I'm just adding what they would have in a quad channel....seriously I hate marketing. I'm even going to school for this stuff and it's not being explained like that. Again thank you!