ddr3 ram 24gb 2x8gb+2x4gb or 3x8gb

[orangepigeonman]

im still learning how ram works any help would be appreciated this is the ram i am getting Hyper X Savage ddr3 2400mhz CL11 DIMM XMP Memory Module i just wanna know if i should use 2x8gb + 2x4gb or 3x8gb sticks thanks

 

[orangepigeonman]

The first thing we need is the motherboard and CPU to check compatibility.

asus p6t xeon w3690 im currently using 3x8gb sticks

 

[orangepigeonman]

What's your specs? If it's a dual channel the four stick setup, in the unlikely event you have x58 three sticks.

asusp6t xeon w3690

 

[orangepigeonman]

Couple of notes:

If you are still using an older OS, especially something like Windows 7 home, you might find the OS limits to only 16GB available.

Though the official limits might state a certain amount of memory as max you might find that more actually works or vice-versa the memory controller might struggle with higher amounts of RAM without hand tuning - so running memtest86 or similar is recommended. (For example I recently upgraded an older laptop which stated 16GB max in the manual and on the Intel documentation but takes 32GB fine).

i was using 3x4gb 2000mhz XMS 3 corsair ram with no problem in the past im currently using 24gb of 1600mhz ram i accidently bought lower mhz ram then i was using like an idiot i have the XMS 2000mhz ram still i could easily buy one more 4gb stick and use that i just thought i'd get better fps with 2400mhz ram as i saw someone doing benchmarks with different mhz ram and there was like a 10-15fps different with faster mhz ram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj5sJARtEV0&ab_channel=TestingGames

 

[orangepigeonman]

Make sure you check if you need ECC RAM.

whats ecc ram and the ram i was using is XMS 3 CORSAIR 2000MHZ

 

[orangepigeonman]

ASUs made a of lot different boards under the PT6 moniker and mileage will vary between boards and CPU’s.

I managed to a get a PT6 Deluxe v1 SAS running stable with 48gb of Samsung Green. Full 48gb recognised on Win 8.1 pro. Was a bit of faff, swapping CPU’s, clearing CMOS, changing memory settings, adding memory one stick at a time and swapping slots.

my board is the p6t standard edition

 

[orangepigeonman]

I dunno about that generation, but I'm using a not much newer Xeon - 1650 V2 rated for 1866 and the thing is nuts - the RAM tapped out before the CPU did at 2800MHz - unlike the 4820K I had in before which struggled with 2400MHz, though could do 2666 with looser timings and hit a wall there.

For those generations of CPUs the best balance of performance often came at 2133MHz with tighter timings anyhow, which you can manually do with 2400MHz RAM - speeds above that were only beneficial really for certain tasks like multi-GPU gaming for some reason which liked lots of RAM bandwidth.

im using win 10 im currently using 3x8gb sticks but its only 1600mhz i thought ram worked better when it was in channels i thought 2x8gb plus 2x4gb would run faster but is that not the case?