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1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jun-2018 14:03:34 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

   tech question: i know having 2 sticks of ram is better than 1, but what's the deal with 4 sticks of ram in a dual channel setup? doesn't bandwidth get too clogged up to use all four sticks at once? or is it like pcie lanes where most graphics cards only really need 8x and barely get any additional performance from running on the full 16x?

   1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jun-2018 14:05:46 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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      actually, i guess you're not really gonna be accessing all of your ram at once, just parts of it. so having more ram allows you to store more data at once, but the memory bandwidth doesn't matter a whole lot either way?

      1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jun-2018 14:08:27 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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         so i guess strategically you'd want to have all the ram you'd want to use at once across 2 sticks, and all the ram you'll need in total across 4 sticks, at least when using a dual channel setup?

         1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jun-2018 14:13:06 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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            i've built all my own desktop computers in the last decade as well as helped others do the same and i still don't understand everything about the parts involved, somehow

            1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jun-2018 14:15:53 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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               it's kinda cool though because it means there's almost always something new and interesting for me to learn that keeps me engaged