Currently planning out for my first PC build and I'm having trouble looking for a definitive answer online.
I'm on a tight budget at the moment and I can only really afford either 1x8GB or 2x4GB. In this scenario most would say go with dual channel. But my problem is when I want to upgrade in the future(not soon) to 16GB. I'm thinking of getting 2x4GB first then getting another 2 sticks of 4GB for quad-channel 16GB. But I'm wondering if performance wise it would be better to get 1x8GB first and then getting another stick of 8GB in the future(again, probably not soon). I want to know if 2x8GB is better or worse than 4x4GB, or if it even makes a difference at all.
I'm on a tight budget at the moment and I can only really afford either 1x8GB or 2x4GB. In this scenario most would say go with dual channel. But my problem is when I want to upgrade in the future(not soon) to 16GB. I'm thinking of getting 2x4GB first then getting another 2 sticks of 4GB for quad-channel 16GB. But I'm wondering if performance wise it would be better to get 1x8GB first and then getting another stick of 8GB in the future(again, probably not soon). I want to know if 2x8GB is better or worse than 4x4GB, or if it even makes a difference at all.