help! RAM upgrade
- Thread starter chefmike
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You can use any variety of sticks with your triple channel setup (or even single sticks for single channel or 2 for dual, etc), but you'll have a better time with balanced capacities between channels.
I'd probably ditch the 1 G sticks and get another 4G. Then you'll have another 3 slots to even upgrade to something like +24 GB in the future which could add to your existing 8.
I'd probably ditch the 1 G sticks and get another 4G. Then you'll have another 3 slots to even upgrade to something like +24 GB in the future which could add to your existing 8.
my plan is ultimately to end up 6x4G, as i can afford more RAM. i just upgraded my GC to gtx750ti, & i bought the 2x4G sticks to help keep up. but i have heard conflicting reports about only swapping out 2. i've been told that it's a 2 channel system, color coordinated slots; and i've been told it's 3 channels (a1,a2,b1,b2,c1,c2). dell sucks, & i'm not paying another $100 just to have access to their crappy support. i really want to put these in, it's like staring at cookies i can't eat, but i'm not trying to brick just cuz i don't really know what i'm talking about.
Socket 1366 contains a triple channel system, but you can use just the two sticks of RAM if you want (which would give you a dual channel setup). There's really no tangible benefit of a triple channel setup in of itself over dual channel for most workloads.
Most pairs of slots as you had indicated (A1,A2,B1,B2,C1,C2) are common configurations, so A1+B1 should suit fine.
You can even mix capacities of channels and the controller will interleave between them, so you could even leave in your 1 G sticks, although performance may not be entirely consistent with unbalanced capacities.
Most pairs of slots as you had indicated (A1,A2,B1,B2,C1,C2) are common configurations, so A1+B1 should suit fine.
You can even mix capacities of channels and the controller will interleave between them, so you could even leave in your 1 G sticks, although performance may not be entirely consistent with unbalanced capacities.
would i be better off putting the 4's in a1 & b1, leaving 1's in c1 & c2, & having a2 & b2 empty? is 4-4-2 better than 4-4-0, or does imbalance of any kind throw it off? i'm not a huge gamer, mostly i play war thunder, & the graphics card upgrade was awesome for it. i'd hate to see performance get sketchy when i'm trying to make it better.
