quad channel z170

tasteful1g · Dec 7, 2016

I heard somewhere that there is no DDR4 quad channel for skylake cpus/motherboards. if i were to buy a 4x4GB kit of ddr4 and put all four in the two dual channels on a z170 would that have the same performance or would i just be better off buying a 2x8GB? if there actually is a quad channel z170 board? i have no issue with 2x8Gb but i just personally wanted the 4x4Gb kit instead. Thanks

geofelt · Dec 7, 2016

Skylake operates in dual channel, regardless if 2 or 4 sticks are installed.
You will be better off with a 2 x8gb kit, and it will be cheaper than 4 x 4gb because it costs more to match 4 sticks.

Deleted member 217926 · Dec 7, 2016

Z170 is dual channel. If there are 4 DIMMS then you can run dual channel mode with 2 matched sticks in either one or both channels. Slot 1 and 3 will be a match and slots 2 and 4 will be matched. So you can have 2 x 8GB in slots 1 and 3 and 2 x 4GB in slots 2 and 4 and still be dual channel. So either 2 or all 4 slots have to be populated for dual channel mode to work.

tasteful1g · Dec 7, 2016

so if i put a 4x4 kit in it will still work as 16gb

tasteful1g · Dec 7, 2016

geofelt :

if i install 4x4 because im not worried about price i will still get the same performance as 2x8? or will it only use two and act like 8gb?

Tradesman1 · Dec 7, 2016

2x8GB can be ever so slightly faster as you are dealing with only 2 sticks vs 4. Also 2 sticks is less stress on the MC (memory controller) uses less electric, has less heat, etc

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