RAM Upgrade Questions: 2x8gb or 4x4gb?

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I don't know much about choosing RAM, so thanks in advance for any help or insight.

The editing rig I built in 2010 (for CS6, Lightroom, multitasking - no gaming) is feeling old, so I'm hoping to add pep by going to 16GB, the max for the MB. It's a Gigabyte H57M-USB3, SATA3, with an i7-860, 128GB SSD boot drive and 4x2GBs of this G.Skill RAM.

Would you choose 2x8GB or 4x4GB modules for this upgrade? Does it matter? And for what I do, will there be a noticeable difference between DDR3-1600 and 1333? (Not overclocking, so should I even care about timings and latency?)

Thanks for any advice.

Best,

Mark
 
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For 16GB, your mobo max need to go 4x4GB (unless they've played with the BIOS to run 8GB sticks, which haven't seen anything about), I'd take a look at the Snipers F3-12800CL9Q-16GBSR, or the Ares F3-1600C9Q-16GAB, both are 4x4GB 1600/9 sets
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For 16GB, your mobo max need to go 4x4GB (unless they've played with the BIOS to run 8GB sticks, which haven't seen anything about), I'd take a look at the Snipers F3-12800CL9Q-16GBSR, or the Ares F3-1600C9Q-16GAB, both are 4x4GB 1600/9 sets
 
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Thanks for your responses...

Hadn't considered that a four-slot MB with a 16gb max would also mean a 4gb limit per slot. Very helpful, Tradesman. And thanks for the links.
 
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