How many ram sticks??

[Wozzaa]

Could someone explain the difference between having 2 sticks - 2 x 16GB & 4 sticks 4 x 8GB.

I've currently got 3200MHz 2 x 16GB but didn't opt for 4 x 8GB because I would like to add to this making 64GB at a later date.
So what are the advantages of have 4 sticks rather than 2?

Sorry for such a basic question.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Could someone explain the difference between having 2 sticks - 2 x 16GB & 4 sticks 4 x 8GB.

I've currently got 3200MHz 2 x 16GB but didn't opt for 4 x 8GB because I would like to add to this making 64GB at a later date.
So what are the advantages of have 4 sticks rather than 2?

Sorry for such a basic question.

Have a read of this:

Note about Memory Configurations with Zen3 - 4 RAM sticks seemingly better than 2

Below content is from the original poster. Highlighted and edited by @Scott for new customer consideration. Very much worth a watch to see if if can affect your potential memory choices for any Zen 3 builds. I use the word interesting with caveats lol. the review looks at 2x sticks vs 4 x...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Scott]

I think there is more benefit to having 2x rather than 4x. These are practical benefits though.

For gaming, there are benefits noted for non-GPU bottlenecked games. Using 4 sticks with dual ranking offers a noted performance increase in FPS. This would need measured rather than having a real world impact, but it is there.

If you are happy that 32GB is going to be your use case, then 4x8GB 3200Mhz would have you covered. If you believe you may want 64GB down the line then 2x16GB makes more sense.

There will be a performance difference but it's barely a couple of % and will be un-noticed.

Also, as a side note, there have been mentions of instability with the 3600mhz RAM used across 4 slots.