RAM slots

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Hello all

When putting in RAM on a computer, you are meant to match it up etc as well as matching the slots up, so does putting the ram in opposite slots mean a performance issue RAM wise?

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Ed

 

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Depends on the mobo and chipset.

Generally you have dual or triple channel, which means modules must be ganged / matched.

If unmatched you risk losing the dual/tripple channel and yes memory will run slower.

Each bank will then run independently at the speed of the slowest module in the bank.

 

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Ed

 

Here's a good in depth article on RAM - Identifying and Upgrading, which might help:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/identifying-and-upgrading-ram/

 

Thanks for the information all.