Install RAM: Four sticks RAM at Dual Channel and frequency low or high

[insomniagr10]

Hello.
I beginner and I want too much to learn and knowledge.

I will buy motherboard, cpu and RAM.
I saw in ASUS website, the motherboard ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA is Dual Channel. Also, the website Intel, it mentions about Memory Specificatios at Intel i7-10700K:
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type): 128 GB
Memory Types: DDR4-2933
Max # of Memory Channels: 2
Max Memory Bandwidth: 45.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported: No

I have got someone queries.
The motherboard is Dual Channel. If I install four sticks RAM on a motherboard, will I have someone problem? In addition, if I install DDR4 RAM with frequency speed 2400MHz, will I have got someone problem my system? Namely, will system wok on it or low?

Thank you

 

[Shou Miko]

How much ram are we talking about?

16GB (4x4)?
32GB (4x8)?
64GB (4x16GB)?

Because the higher memory size the harder it can get to be stable even at X.M.P. clocks and keep in mind that X.M.P. is still a overclock not garantied to be 110% stabile.

 

[Mussels]

Just to make this simpler for you, when talking about ram you have totally seperate categories that sound the same

1. Ram slots
2. Ram channels
3. Ram "Ranks" (also called banks)

Ram slots is how many physical sticks can be installed
Ram channels is how many the CPU can use paired up for max performance (so a dual channel board works best with 2 or matching sticks)
Ram banks is basically that ram can come with one or two banks per stick, with 4 banks seeming optimum on modern DDR4 platforms for performance - so four single rank sticks or two double. This is not often a huge deal, and is not always advertised.

thats a very high end board, so you'll likely have no issues running ram at their rated XMP speeds (XMP must be enabled in the BIOS, to get them to that speed)

 

[insomniagr10]

How much ram are we talking about?

16GB (4x4)?
32GB (4x8)?
64GB (4x16GB)?

Because the higher memory size the harder it can get to be stable even at X.M.P. clocks and keep in mind that X.M.P. is still a overclock not garantied to be 110% stabile.

You are right. Sorry. I will put (4x8GB) 32GB or (4x16GB) 64GB.
The computer that I will build, it's for video editing and 3d and vfx

 

[Mussels]

video editing will totally benefit from the ram

I got 64GB because i wanted to, personally - but i definitely dont see it all being used.

I'm quite confident both AMD and intel platforms can handle two 16GB or 32GB sticks at high speeds (such as my 3600MHz kit) but i wouldnt get on 4 sticks going above 3200Mhz

 

[insomniagr10]

Why would you get 4 sticks going above 3200Mhz ?

 

[Mussels]

Why would you get 4 sticks going above 3200Mhz ?

Insanity? Bragging rights? Opening 3 chrome tabs at once?
I could have got 4 sticks of my ram kit for 128GB of 3600, but i highly doubt i could have got it stable without tweaking.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Opening 3 chrome tabs at once?

I think the first bit of advice for the OP is to RTFM. If you don't have your motherboard yet, go out to it's webpage, download and read the manual. It will tell you how and where (which slots) to install your RAM.

While on the webpage, look at the Memory QVL (qualified vendors list). This is a list of RAM the board maker has tested and verified works with that board. Understand there are too many RAM makers and models for board makers to test them all. So you don't have to buy listed RAM but you should buy RAM with the same specs as listed RAM to ensure compatibility.

As far as the speed of the RAM, typically more RAM trumps faster RAM. That is, I would much rather have 2 x 8GB of 2400MHz RAM than 2 x 4GB of 3200MHz RAM.

And get SSDs for storage. 'Nuff said on that.

 

[rtwjunkie]

The other piece of advice I have for the OP is just because you have 4 RAM slots doesn’t mean you have to use them. In fact, with dual channel, I advise sticking to 2 RAM (you can do 2x16 and have more than you will need for the life of that board and CPU) and have less trouble.

More sticks of RAM puts a strain on the memory controller, which is in the CPU. This requires then more tweaking to get it stable, and it may not even reach stated XMP speeds.