January 6, 201511 yr Hi All, This may be a stupid question, but is there any difference between having 4x4GB or 2x8GB modules of RAM? Thanks in advance. Rob
January 6, 201511 yr It is depending on if you want to add more memory. So i would use 2x8GB and add more in the future.
January 6, 201511 yr Heya Rob, In memory intensive, memory test workloads like STREAM you would see that 4x4 is faster than 2x8. However, for 99-percent of real-world apps you would be hard pressed to isolate the difference, typically around 1-2 percent at most. John Howell Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick
January 7, 201511 yr Used to be preferred to fill only two banks of ram. Sometimes there was reliability issues when the second banks were used. Out of habit I still only use two sticks.
January 7, 201511 yr I lean towards two, with four, space between the banks becomes very limited, with only two there is more space for air flow. Just a thought. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
January 10, 201511 yr Author Thanks all, I think I'll go with 2, which always leaves open the chance to expand if required in the future. Rob
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