Dell Dimension 8400 RAM

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harry clemance

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I was just wondering what the difference between the white and the black ram sockets are? I have got two dell desktops and both of them came with ram in the white sockets is there a reason for this?

Also I am not sure if the word socket is right. I mean the place that the ram is inserted.
 
You have 2 channels of memory slots so you can use dual channel memory which runs faster than memory in single channel.
 
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To run them in dual channel like he is talking about, you will need to keep them in matching color slots. (Both white or both black.)
 
You can use all 4 slots at the same time. We are just saying that if you want the best performance from the memory and you only have 2 sticks then you need to have them in either the white or black slots. Don't put 1 stick in the white and 1 stick in the black.
 
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