Hello,
Building a new computer and just jumped on a deal which allowed me to upgrade my build from an i5-3470 w/ Asrock H77 Pro4/MVP mobo to an i5-3570K w/ Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 mobo for only 5 bucks. I could do this as the z77 extreme 4 came with a free stick of 1x8GB Ballistix Ram.
I was originally planning on using 2x4GB in dual channel, but I couldn't pass up the deal to go to a 3570K with z77 as it would allow me to overclock in the future if I wanted to.
I will use this computer mostly for gaming. My question is, how much of a performance loss am I looking at with just the single channel 8GB ram?
For reference, this is my build:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/nicholls63/saved/1BAy
And the RAM in question is:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148661
My options I've thought of so far are to:
1) Stick with the single channel 8Gb.
2) Sell the stick of ram on Ebay and purchase some 2x4GB ram for dual channel.
3) Purchase a second crucial ballistix 8gb identical to the one I have and run dual channel at 16GB.
What do you think?
Building a new computer and just jumped on a deal which allowed me to upgrade my build from an i5-3470 w/ Asrock H77 Pro4/MVP mobo to an i5-3570K w/ Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 mobo for only 5 bucks. I could do this as the z77 extreme 4 came with a free stick of 1x8GB Ballistix Ram.
I was originally planning on using 2x4GB in dual channel, but I couldn't pass up the deal to go to a 3570K with z77 as it would allow me to overclock in the future if I wanted to.
I will use this computer mostly for gaming. My question is, how much of a performance loss am I looking at with just the single channel 8GB ram?
For reference, this is my build:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/nicholls63/saved/1BAy
And the RAM in question is:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148661
My options I've thought of so far are to:
1) Stick with the single channel 8Gb.
2) Sell the stick of ram on Ebay and purchase some 2x4GB ram for dual channel.
3) Purchase a second crucial ballistix 8gb identical to the one I have and run dual channel at 16GB.
What do you think?
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