Easy question for those who know.

Jason1973 · 13 Dec 2012 at 22:01

Hi I am looking to upgrade and plan to overclock my next build (i5 or i7 chip and board to be decided).

My question: when it comes to overclocking these chips will I get a better clock with 2 x 8gb ram or 4 x 4gb ram?

OCUK with their overclocked bundles states that with 4 sticks of ram the clock is reduced. If this is true, please tell me why.

Thanks in advance and a merry christmas to all

smithy1988 · 13 Dec 2012 at 22:09

I would imagine with the 2 sticks of 8gb. I think its down to the memory controller. Its less stressful to it having 2 slots full at high capacity than having 4 slots utilised

joeyjojo · 13 Dec 2012 at 22:27

A list of tri- and quad-channel chips can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-channel_memory_architecture If the one your looking at buying isn't on there it's dual channel.

As for overclocking... no idea. It probably doesn't make much difference. Most (all) overclocking is done by raising the multiplier which is unaffected by the memory side of things AFAIK.

setter · 13 Dec 2012 at 22:55

I was running with 8gb in a 2x4 configuration. Cpu at 4.2ghz, i stuck another 8gb in last week. No problems so far with stability on the oc.

Jason1973 · 14 Dec 2012 at 17:32

Thankyou all for your replies.

I guess it depends on the ram and mobo and luck. Unless anyone has any definate answers I guess I will just see what the prices are when I bite the bullet and upgrade.