2 or 4 sticks of RAM?

[Olotila]

I am getting a new system, Asrock OC Formula board with 3770K cpu. I was about to buy 32GB of ram but I'm not absolutely sure about that anymore.

If I go for 16GB, is it wiser to buy 2 or 4 sticks? The computer is used for websurfing, office applications and occasional gaming. Will most likely overclock sometimes, but will not run overclocked for long periods of time.

Two possible options:

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...ill-TridentX-DDR3-2133-DIMM-CL9-Dual-Kit.html

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...ill-RipJawsZ-DDR3-2133-DIMM-CL9-Quad-Kit.html

 

[Blain]

two

 

[ShintaiDK]

Makes no sense to buy 4 DIMMs when 2 DIMMS with same capacity cost the same. Plus you mention 32GB as well.

 

[Olotila]

Would there be any benefit in using 4 sticks? For example, are 4GB sticks less error prone because they have been around for a longer time?

 

[ShintaiDK]

Would there be any benefit in using 4 sticks? For example, are 4GB sticks less error prone because they have been around for a longer time?

No.

 

[dawp]

actually 4 dimms would be more error prone than 2. with more of anything (unless it's for redundancy sake, which desktop memory isn't) you will have a a larger chance of one of the sticks going bad.

4 will be twice as likely for 1 to go bad as 2.

 

[Olotila]

Thank you guys, shopping chart updated