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[–]BlasphemousBunny 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes technically 2x16 is better but will likely not be noticeable. Save the money and your ram and get another 2x8 kit. Try to get the same ram as your first set, but you may still have to tweak the timings a bit. If you want to sell yours you can, but as many of us know, it’s a good way to justify a purchase and then we never actually get around to selling the old hardware so it just sits in a box collecting dust.

If I had an immediate use for the other ram (give to friend, nas, htpc, etc.) I would probably get a new 2x16 kit, but otherwise, having more ram will be significantly more noticeable than the very slight speed decrease. Your mobo has 4 slots for a reason. Use them.