Purchasing another dual channel kit (Quad Channel?)

Gilbert Coquard

Gilbert Coquard

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I have 2x 8GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz RGB installed in my PC. I'm considering buying the dummy kit which costs just over £30

If I decided instead to buy another Corsair Vengeance dual channel kit to match the pair I already have and installed that into my PC, would that be ok? and would the ram be recognised as quad channel? as they're the same brand and same speed, timings?
 
If you have a system that's capable of running in quad-channel (e.g. Threadripper), then yes.

For the more run-of-the-mill platforms, you'll still be running in dual channel.
 
bremen1874 said:
If you have a system that's capable of running in quad-channel (e.g. Threadripper), then yes.

For the more run-of-the-mill platforms, you'll still be running in dual channel.
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Thankyou for your reply.

I have an MSI B450 Gaming pro carbon ac. I just looked at the specs on the website, and it does indeed say Dual.

I may as well just save 50quid, and go with the dummy modules if it's still going to run in dual channel.
 
Gilbert Coquard said:
Thankyou for your reply.

I have an MSI B450 Gaming pro carbon ac. I just looked at the specs on the website, and it does indeed say Dual.

I may as well just save 50quid, and go with the dummy modules if it's still going to run in dual channel.
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The real question is, do you need 32gb of ram or do you just want to fill all 4 slots for aesthetic reasons ? if its the latter, then just get the dummy kit, however if you need 32gb of ram, then get the real kit, but as bremen1874 said, there is no guarantee that all 4 slots filled will run at 3200mhz, you may have to downclock them slightly depending on the memory controller in the CPU, which CPU is it ? it wont run any faster, you just be running 2 x dual channel kits, you'll just have double the ram.
 
Yeah most of the modern boards only run duel channel, I've never understood why and seems like we went backwards slightly but yeah it's duel. I decided to always fill all the slots, so I'm ruing 8x8GB 1867mhz DDR in QUAD and runs like a weapon. However, the rule always was, you'd get higher clocks running less slots... but I think that's when you're at absolute limits, I can't get higher whether I run 2 or 8 slots tbh. In either of my machines.
 
Jamin280672 said:
The real question is, do you need 32gb of ram or do you just want to fill all 4 slots for aesthetic reasons ? if its the latter, then just get the dummy kit, however if you need 32gb of ram, then get the real kit, but as bremen1874 said, there is no guarantee that all 4 slots filled will run at 3200mhz, you may have to downclock them slightly depending on the memory controller in the CPU, which CPU is it ? it wont run any faster, you just be running 2 x dual channel kits, you'll just have double the ram.
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Yeah I just wanted to fill the slots for aesthetic reasons to be honest. I have 2X 8GB Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz, and my CPU is a Ryzen 5 3600, installed in a MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC.
I ended up just going with the dummy kit, and I'm more than happy with them. I'm also more than happy with 16GB, and actually 32GB would just be a waste in my PC I think.
 
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