20GB RAM Performance

[Nutroll]

I've got 20GB DDR4 RAM, two 8GBs stick in slots B & D and one 4GB in slot A. Does this mean i'm not running dual channel? And will this hurt my gaming performance? TY

Win10
GTX 1060 6GB
i5 8400
20GB RAM

 

[Deleted member 2449024]

I've got 20GB DDR4 RAM, two 8GBs stick in slots B & D and one 4GB in slot A. Does this mean i'm not running dual channel? And will this hurt my gaming performance? TY

Win10
GTX 1060 6GB
i5 8400
20GB RAM

I think it is not running in dual channel. For best performance i would recommend to put those two 8 gb modules in slots A and C or B and D. For best performance you will need 4 sticks of ram. 4x8

 

[Corwin65]

Run it in 16GB in the proper slots.

 

[WildCard999]

If the 16gb is actually a kit then I'd take the 16gb in dual channel over that 20gb any day as I'm pretty sure the performance would be slightly better.

 

[WildCard999]

I've got 20GB DDR4 RAM, two 8GBs stick in slots B & D and one 4GB in slot A. Does this mean i'm not running dual channel? And will this hurt my gaming performance? TY

Win10
GTX 1060 6GB
i5 8400
20GB RAM

I think it is not running in dual channel. For best performance i would recommend to put those two 8 gb modules in slots A and C or B and D. For best performance you will need 4 sticks of ram. 4x8

I think your mistaken, the best performance would be 2x16gb (if were talking about 32gb of memory).

 

[Nutroll]

If the 16gb is actually a kit then I'd take the 16gb in dual channel over that 20gb any day as I'm pretty sure the performance would be slightly better.

Yes it's a kit, I was thinking about getting another 4GB to add to the single 4GB I have. For a total of 24 gigs. It's only like $30 now. I know the risk of buying a non kit, but I'll see if it's works. Would it be dual channel or quad channel if I add the extra 4GB?

 

[Nutroll]

Would it be proper dual or quad if I add another 4GB to the 4GB I already have? A x2 8GB & x2 4GB combo? I know the risk of buying a non kit yes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Y5JBQ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My motherboard.

 

[Sxino]

Would it be proper dual or quad if I add another 4GB to the 4GB I already have? A x2 8GB & x2 4GB combo? I know the risk of buying a non kit yes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Y5JBQ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My motherboard.

It can go well if:

• 
  Both the 4GB and 8 GB are same brand (Main observation).
  The speeds and CAS latency are same. (Second main observation)

Probably your 4GB and 8GB don´t match equal speed and CAST latency.
But still can run together.

The solution is to set manually the speed and CAST Latency. And voltage to make them more stable.

What model are your 8GB and 4GB memories??

 

[Nutroll]

Would it be proper dual or quad if I add another 4GB to the 4GB I already have? A x2 8GB & x2 4GB combo? I know the risk of buying a non kit yes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Y5JBQ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My motherboard.

It can go well if:

• 
  Both the 4GB and 8 GB are same brand (Main observation).
  The speeds and CAS latency are same. (Second main observation)

Probably your 4GB and 8GB don´t match equal speed and CAST latency.
But still can run together.

The solution is to set manually the speed and CAST Latency. And voltage to make them more stable.

What model are your 8GB and 4GB memories??

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NASRCV5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Same brand, speed. Both 8GB and 4GB sticks from this very store page.