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[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments
Foxscotch:
if it does, the site doesn't seem to mention it
I know that it has four slots, though
would it still be cost-effective to just buy two more 4GB sticks anyway?
if it would make a noticeably big difference, I'd be fine with just buying two 8GB sticks and giving my current ones to someone else
then again, maybe I should continue with my plan to upgrade my processor next, to an intel cpu. but that would require me to switch out the motherboard too, which I don't think is ideal
ZERØ:
Actually using 4 sticks of 4gbs is a bad idea even if your board supports quad channel its actually faster to use two, as two 8gb sticks are better than having 4 4gb sticks.
Steve5451²:
--- Quote from: ZERØ on November 08, 2015, 05:48:54 PM ---Actually using 4 sticks of 4gbs is a bad idea even if your board supports quad channel its actually faster to use two, as two 8gb sticks are better than having 4 4gb sticks.
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I don't think that's true.
ZERØ:
--- Quote from: Steve5451² on November 08, 2015, 05:54:40 PM ---I don't think that's true.
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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/301177-30-quad-channel-dual-channel
http://superuser.com/questions/87175/dual-channel-ram-vs-quad-channel-ram
Its a marketing ploy, and its generally slower but only by 1% or 2%.
Bisjac:
The less sticks the faster the memory. You want at least 2 to use dual channel.