Will using 32 Gig effect an overclock?

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Afternoon All

Just a quick question as I am out of my depth here. I am looking to get my new PC from OCUK (my current one is 5 years old now). I have been looking at specing a machine using OCUK’s system config tool on the web site, I am thinking of a Asus Sabertooth X79 motherboard and putting the Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 32GB kit in it. I was going to ask OCUK to overclock by selecting their stage 4 overclocking option as the last PC I overclocked was over 10 years ago and I am very out of practice. However the question is would I be better going for the same memory in a 16 gig set (any other recommendations considered) as I had heard that more memory can limit your overclock. As I just mostly game I do realise that 32 gig is most probably total overkill but I am aiming to get make this last for another 5 years.

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No if i remember correctly their is only a minor OC impact if you populate all ram slots (its very slight) but 32 gb is way overkill for anyhting other than encoding or video editing save your self some cash and get 8 to 16 gb.
 
It is suggested if they are not paired ram then that may effect the OC - I actually did notice this when using 4 sticks on unpaired ram compared to just 2 of the sticks.

right now running paired 4x8 listed below - but havnt really tried to OC that hard or anything - mainly went for low volt decent speed.
 
Yes it does effect overclocking, the more work the CPU has to do (the memory controller (IMC) is on the CPU) the less margin there is for overclocking. Other things that also effect overclocking are using more than one GPU, running @ PCI-E 3 instead of 2 and anything else that gives the CPU extra work.

A good setup up for gaming is 4x4gb of ram which is plenty for most things and will still allow you to get a good OC out of the CPU.
 
....also the more components you have in a system the more things there are to limit the overclock.

ie. More chance of having one thing that doesn't quite come up to scratch.
 
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Wow. ive never used more than 6gb usage on anything. I game on a single monitor only at 1920x1080. Don't use anything like photoshop, just purely gaming. For this purpose alone 8gb is plenty isnt it.
 
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