Quad channel memory question

DjSt3rios

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Hello! I am about to upgrade my computer and I was thinking, the motherboard I will buy has quad channel support and it has 8 DIMMs, what would happen if I put 8 identical ram sticks? Would it work faster?
 
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No. You will achieve peak performance with 4 identical DIMMs. Installing 8 may or may not be slower but it won't be faster. The reason to use all 8 slots would be to increase the amount of memory. Installing 8 4GB DIMMS would be less expensive than 4 16GB DIMMS, but would not be any faster.
No. You will achieve peak performance with 4 identical DIMMs. Installing 8 may or may not be slower but it won't be faster. The reason to use all 8 slots would be to increase the amount of memory. Installing 8 4GB DIMMS would be less expensive than 4 16GB DIMMS, but would not be any faster.
 
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