Quad channel ram on dual channel motherboard

Nikolay Belev · Apr 20, 2015

So, i have a deal to buy Corsair Vengeance 8gb stick 1600mhz. It is quad channel, but my motherboard supports dual channel. Is there gonna be a problem if i put this stick on my mobo?
BTW, my mobo is Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Nikolay Belev · Apr 20, 2015

Or is it better to get a dual channel 2x4gb kit by kingston HyperX 1866 mhz?

Phillip Corcoran · Apr 20, 2015

You won't get dual channel performance with just a single stick of RAM as dual channel only works with matched pairs.

So it's a no-brainer, get the 2x4GB kit.

faalin · Apr 20, 2015

the only difference between dual, triple, and quad channel kits is the manufacture tests the pack to make sure all sticks in the kit work together. Buying 2 dual channels kits of the same kind at the same time there's a .0000001% chance that you will have problems. The quad channel kit running in a dual channel board you will two sets of dual channel.

Nikolay Belev · Apr 20, 2015

Thank you. It really helped me!

reedo_43 · Apr 20, 2015

Get the HyperX ddr4 will not work in your board.

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