Which ram slot?

[Fatboyslim02]

I plan to use a single ram stick of 16gb and my motherboard has 2 ram slots. Will it matter if i put the single ram stick on either of the two? 

[minibois]

Just now, Fatboyslim02 said:

I plan to use a single ram stick of 16gb and my motherboard has 2 ram slots. Will it matter if i put the single ram stick on either of the two? 

Check the manual, they usually have something in it which says which you should use first.

Motherboards with 4 slots usually recommend using slot 2 first, then slot 4, then the rest. I don't know how 2 slot boards handle this

[-Gandolf-]

It won't matter. But you should get a second stick as soon as possible

[Fatboyslim02]

Just now, minibois said:

Check the manual, they usually have something in it which says which you should use first.

Motherboards with 4 slots usually recommend using slot 2 first, then slot 4, then the rest. I don't know how 2 slot boards handle this

One slot says DIMM_A1 and the other says DIMM_B1 if that helps. Ill go check the manual right now. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, -Gandolf- said:

But you should get a second stick as soon as possible

That's massively dependent on your workload. It's not a necessity to get two (matching) RAM modules. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Fatboyslim02 said:

One slot says DIMM_A1 and the other says DIMM_B1 if that helps. Ill go check the manual right now. 

It'll go in slot A1, next to the cpu. 

[Fatboyslim02]

3 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

It'll go in slot A1, next to the cpu. 

Any insight on what might happen if i put it on B2 with A1 being unoccupied? 

[Guest]

Just now, Fatboyslim02 said:

Any insight on what might happen if i put it on B2 with A1 being unoccupied? 

It'll likely just boot right up and work. However the motherboard manufacturers in the handbook recommend using A1. This slot is closest to the Cpu and will have the shortest tracings to the processor and less likely to have issues and probably the reason they recommend that slot.

[Aniallation]

16 minutes ago, Fatboyslim02 said:

Any insight on what might happen if i put it on B2 with A1 being unoccupied? 

If you have only one stick, there is literally zero difference what slot it goes into. It will get read from and written to all the same even with the less than an inch distance difference in electricity crossing a PCB.