[SOLVED] Which ram would yield better performance out of these 2?

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which one of these would be better performance for a high end asus daisy chain motherboard? 2 of these kits which would end up being 4x8gb https://www.gskill.com/specification/165/166/1580378199/F4-4000C15D-16GTZR-Specification or one of these which will be 2x16gb but worse timings https://www.gskill.com/specification/165/166/1597040949/F4-4000C16D-32GTZR-Specification
i thought the first one would be better, but some people told me that 4x8gb is going to make it worse

If you want 32GB then get a single kit that are matched and don't try to combine two kit's and the best performance would be the one with CL15.

4000MHz are OC RAM so you will have to determine if both the Motherboard and CPU will support that...
which one of these would be better performance for a high end asus daisy chain motherboard? 2 of these kits which would end up being 4x8gb https://www.gskill.com/specification/165/166/1580378199/F4-4000C15D-16GTZR-Specification or one of these which will be 2x16gb but worse timings https://www.gskill.com/specification/165/166/1597040949/F4-4000C16D-32GTZR-Specification
i thought the first one would be better, but some people told me that 4x8gb is going to make it worse

If you want 32GB then get a single kit that are matched and don't try to combine two kit's and the best performance would be the one with CL15.

4000MHz are OC RAM so you will have to determine if both the Motherboard and CPU will support that frequency.
Your RAM selection should be from the MB QVL that have been tested and known to work.

With OC RAM there is no guarantee you will obtain their rated frequency. You would have to manually enter SPD values in Bios and the max frequency will ultimately be determined by the strength of the IMC on the chip.
If there's any confusion here then list your full system specs.
 
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Karadjgne

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It had better be Intel. AMD won't do those speeds with 4x sticks, slots #1/3 are secondary and you'll be lucky to get 2133/2400 out of them.

Best bet if you want 32Gb for either Intel or amd at those speeds is 2x16Gb. You'd not see really any difference, it's measured in nanoseconds and at the speeds you are talking about even the hardest ram working programs would only show a difference, you blinked and missed it.

Get the cheaper set in the look you want. Looser timings are easier on the memory controller and less likely to have OC or XMP issues.