Installing 16gb cl8 in dual channel or cl9 in triple channel

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I have an older motherboard that allows for either triple or dual channel RAM but there doesn't seem to be a lot of good options nowadays for packs of 3 sticks so I'm looking at either getting a pack of 2 sticks 2x8GB with timings of CL8 for dual channel or a pack of 4 sticks 4x4GB with a slower timing of CL9 but will run in triple channel mode. The packs are roughly the same in price with a difference of £5 which is the better configuration?

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I've just re-checked motherboard spec sheet an it says it only supports 1GB, 2GB and 4GB sticks up to "3 channel mode" so I guess this means dual and triple right?
It also says "Supports x8 / x16 data lines per DIMM" what does this mean? As I did a compatibility check on Crucial's website and it says this RAM is compatible
http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/x58-pro-e/CT3600128
but it's spec is x64 and uses 1.35 volts whereas my motherboard says 1.5 volts would 1.5 just be the maximum?
 
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