1 x 16gb or 2 x 8gb?

stu85 · 3 May 2018 at 20:32

Evening all,

How much of a difference is there between these options? The 2 x 8GB sticks of what I am looking at is £45 more than the single 16GB.

Thanks

PiKe · 3 May 2018 at 21:18

Marginal improvement, but not £45 worth of improvement

bsheep9 · 7 May 2018 at 00:23

Get the single 16gb, you can get the other 16gb at a later date when (or if) RAM prices fall.

Eternalec · 25 May 2018 at 12:04

bsheep9 said:
Get the single 16gb, you can get the other 16gb at a later date when (or if) RAM prices fall.

This. Also, 2 sticks mean one more part potentially to fail.

Habakkuk · 1 Jun 2018 at 08:18

Then again, it's easier to get matching pairs later.

It's all down to how long it'll be before you upgrade, and what you think prices will be like when you do.

InfiniteNoise · 1 Jun 2018 at 19:16

It's the difference between going single channel and dual channel, 2x sticks gives you better performance if you're using Ryzen, much more so with Ryzen APU.

Randomface74 · 1 Jun 2018 at 19:17

I'd get 2x8

muon · 10 Jun 2018 at 19:01

How are people saying there is a small difference?

There is a massive difference. 2x8 is far better than 1x16.

PiKe said:
Marginal improvement, but not £45 worth of improvement

Marginal? It is literally double the performance if you have 2 sticks instead of 1.

bledd · 10 Jun 2018 at 19:33

You can expect up to roughly 15% improvement in most situations using dual channel.

I would go dual channel.

edit
check this out..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmElSVy4U8

muon · 10 Jun 2018 at 19:47

bledd said:
You can expect up to roughly 15% improvement in most situations using dual channel.

I would go dual channel.

edit
check this out..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmElSVy4U8

And that is only games which aren't that memory sensitive when GPU bound.

Silly not to go dual channel.

Its like saying 3200mhz isn't worth it over 1600mhz memory.

chaparral · 12 Jun 2018 at 19:33

bledd said:
You can expect up to roughly 15% improvement in most situations using dual channel.

I would go dual channel.

edit
check this out..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmElSVy4U8

WOW the watch dogs 2 difference in some places is crazy :eek:

At about 8 minutes 40 seconds in
single channel 57fps
Dual channel 94fps