My Asus Rampage IV motherboard has a defective DIMM slot, so I can not run memory in quad channel. The RAM is a Corsair 16 GB quad channel kit. The board has 2 slots per channel (8 slots in total) so it leaves me with some options. Which of the following would be most beneficial for everyday use? I do a little bit of everything: gaming, video editing, heavy multitasking etc.
Option 1: Running all 4 RAM sticks (16 GB) in dual channel by putting 2 memory sticks in channel A and 2 sticks in channel B.
Option 2: Running 3 RAM sticks (12 GB) in triple channel by putting 1 memory stick each in channel A, B and C.
Channel D is the defective one so nothing gets detected in that one. And it is not possible to populate secondary D slot before the primary one.
I guess the TL;DR version is: Is more memory generally better than an extra channel or vice versa?
Option 1: Running all 4 RAM sticks (16 GB) in dual channel by putting 2 memory sticks in channel A and 2 sticks in channel B.
Option 2: Running 3 RAM sticks (12 GB) in triple channel by putting 1 memory stick each in channel A, B and C.
Channel D is the defective one so nothing gets detected in that one. And it is not possible to populate secondary D slot before the primary one.
I guess the TL;DR version is: Is more memory generally better than an extra channel or vice versa?