Is this ballistix kit single or dual rank? BL2K16G36C16U4B

[wunkley]

I want to upgrade to 32gb ram. Not a memory expert by any means. I believe however that if using 2 sticks then you want dual rank sticks rather than single rank for best performance in games. This is for a new build i7 11700 on an MSI b560 torpedo by the way.

The crucial ballistix kits seem very good value, but looking on their own website I can’t see any info about whether that are single or dual rank sticks...

https://uk.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g36c16u4b

Edit - is it something to do with the “2048Meg x 64” info that’s in the specs? Does that mean anything regarding single or dual rank?

can anyone help?

 

[Stu]

It might be single or dual... they provide both under the same model number. More recently they seem to be more often single rank, but that is a personal observation.

 

[wunkley]

Thanks bud. I actually found an older thread on here just and yes it seems that bizarrely they sell both under the same code, so it’s basically a lottery.

Also, the single rank stuff may overclock really well compared to the dual, so it ends up being no different really, or even better to have the single rank stuff. As I’ve got a b560 board and the only thing I can mess with overclocking wise is the ram, I might oddly enjoy having the single rank stuff to tweak with.

Have ordered some from the rainforest so will see how they are and send back if no good.

 

[MaXxBoulton]

I thought amd liked dual rank not single. And again I was under the impression that dual overclocked a lot better. But it hard to find dual ram as some systems will report single as dual

the title in the webpage states (16gbx2) buy the kit if you get one 32gb stick send it back

 

[doveman]

Just to confirm that the two 16GB sticks I bought last week (not from the rainforest) are single rank. I haven't tried overclocking them yet, they're just running at 3600Mhz 1.35v 16-18-18-18-38 for now. I've just ordered another two (from the rainforest), so I'll check what they are when I get them.

 

[EsaT]

I thought amd liked dual rank not single.

Yep, dual rank easily makes say 3200 MHz perform like single rank 3600MHz in games.
So would likely require good CPU to push InfinityFabric high enough with single rank to match 3600 MHz dual rank.