PC Gaming

7427 readers

1 users here now

Rule #1: Be civil

Rule #2: No spam, memes, off-topic, or low-effort posts/comments

Rule #3: No advertisements

Rule #4: No streams, random gameplay videos, highlights, or shorts

Rule #5: No erotic games or porn

Rule #6: No facilitating piracy

Rule #7: No duplicates

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Best RAM setup (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Let us assume there are 4 slots for RAM in a given motherboard A, B, C and D. Slot A and C form a dual-channel and B and D form another dual channel. (They are of same colour physically.)

Now I have 2 similar RAM sticks of 3000 MHz running in dual channel. I am buying 2 similar RAM sticks of 3200 MHz (only available option for me now)

What would be the best configuration to get most speed in games from these?

p - 2 sticks of 8 GB (3000 MHz)

q - 2 sticks of 16 GB in proper dual channel configuration

r - 2 sticks of 8 GB (3000 MHz) and 2 sticks of 16 GB (3200 MHz) inserted in the 2 dual channel configurations respectively.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

If you're running a bunch of virtual machines or LLMs or something that needs a lot of RAM(video production/editing), it could be beneficial to run all 4 simultaneously if they'll play nice with each other.

That said, it'll certainly be slower than running the faster of the two kits in proper dual-channel mode for gaming. If you're a novice or get easily fed up, I'd go with q. Be sure to activate XMP.