nMP RAM ?

[Einz]

Thinking about upgrading my memory from 16 to 32.

Any performance difference between 4X8 vs. 2X16 for a 32 GB?

TIA.

 

[IowaLynn]

But what if you later want more than 32 and have to sell or upgrade to 3 x 16GB later?

2 or 3 or 4 DIMMs will be fine.

 

[AidenShaw]

Thinking about upgrading my memory from 16 to 32.

Any performance difference between 4X8 vs. 2X16 for a 32 GB?

TIA.

But what if you later want more than 32 and have to sell or upgrade to 3 x 16GB later?

2 or 3 or 4 DIMMs will be fine.

Second the motion - get 2*16 and make it easy when you want to jump to 48 GiB or 64 GiB. (Note that I said "when", not "if" .)

Synthetic memory tests can show a performance difference with the number of DIMMs, but the big caches on the Xeons mean that most applications see little difference.

See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1704700/ for detailed info on how little the difference is with more DIMMs.

 

[JackGriffin]

Thinking about upgrading my memory from 16 to 32.

Any performance difference between 4X8 vs. 2X16 for a 32 GB?

TIA.

As a rule, For better performance, You generally want to utilize all four memory slots. The best ( And most expensive ) config would be to purchase four 8gb sticks of Ram. Apple Ram would set you back $800

 

[flowrider]

You can't use your old memory with 16GB DIMMs (can't mix unregistered with registered RAM). Get the two 16s to allow for expansion. I use these guys:

http://www.datamemorysystems.com/ap...7ghz-md878ll/a-cto-late-2013-memory-upgrades/

Mac Specialists and Great guys to work with.

Lou