Question Zen 4 Threadripper for gaming PC? would quad channel RAM make a difference?

[fcar1999ta]

I am going to be rebuilding my PC to go watercooling, and I am interested in the Threadripper CPU, mainly for the quad channel RAM capability, and the extra PCIe lanes. I know that no games are able to utilize the cores of the Threadripper, but are they able to utilize the quad channel RAM?

 

[kanewolf]

I am going to be rebuilding my PC to go watercooling, and I am interested in the Threadripper CPU, mainly for the quad channel RAM capability, and the extra PCIe lanes. I know that no games are able to utilize the cores of the Threadripper, but are they able to utilize the quad channel RAM?

For games, probably not. Why? Because the X3D cache DOES improve things. That means it is very small amounts of code and data that make a big difference.
If you asked about video editing or rendering, then the quad channel could make a difference, IMO. Some improvement for gaming, but not big gains.

 

[QyInvoLing]

Only City:Skyline（is it the correct English name?） can use these cores and memory bandwidth.
For other games, buy x3d instead.

 

[LordVile]

for gaming the diffenrce between 2 and 4 sticks is negligible for gaming. For productivity it depends on your budget and a variety of thinks such as single vs dual rank and if it's the choice between more memory at 2 sticks vs less at 4 due to budget then more ram is better.