So, I put together a gaming PC in late 2016 with a Skylake i7-6700K @ 4.4GHz turbo w/ GTX-1080Ti. I built it on an ASUS Z-170 Pro motherboard with 4 DIMM slots. I started off with 2x 8GB DIMMs for ...
Memory channels are one of those quiet design choices that can make a gaming PC feel snappy or strangely sluggish, even when the CPU and GPU look strong on paper. The difference between running a ...
I recently purchased a Corsair Vengeance 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4-2666 kit (model CMK64GX4M4A2666C16) as an upgrade for my Asus X99-A/USB3.1 mobo with an i7-6850K CPU. This exact model is on the Asus's X99 ...
In this article we'll be searching for Zen 3's memory sweet spot and looking at DDR4 memory performance with the new Ryzen 5000 CPU series. But before we get into it, it's important we establish a ...
It's not unusual to have this kind of question debated in tech forums, so today we're having a look at the performance impact of having four DDR4 memory modules in a dual-channel system, opposed to ...