[SOLVED] Which is better 2×8 GB ram or 1×16 GB ram

[Strike4340]

I am building a budget build with an AMD Ryzen 3400g and was wondering if 2 slower (2666mhz) sticks of ram were better than 1 faster stick (3200 mhz)

Thanks in advance

 

[Barty1884]

While Ryzen (and APUs more specifically) benefit from fast RAM, they also benefit substantially from operating in dual channel.

If the option is 2x8GB @ 2666MHz or 1x16GB 3200MHz, I'd opt for 2x8.
However, I find it hard to believe that a 1x16GB of faster speed would be cheaper than a 2x8.... Even if it was, I'd imagine it's only a difference of a couple insert currency and relatively insignificant.

Where are you located? and what kind of prices are you seeing?

 

[Gerald6049]

I am building a budget build with an AMD Ryzen 3400g and was wondering if 2 slower (2666mhz) sticks of ram were better than 1 faster stick (3200 mhz)

Thanks in advance

Dual channel 2666 will work better than single channel 3200.