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Which RAM slots to use

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Most mobos have 4 ram slots. If you only have 2 sticks is there a best 2 slots for the first 2 to use or does it depend on the mobo

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sadly most of the time it depends on the mobo

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Usually slot 2 & 4

2 usually is the second closest to the CPU socket

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6 minutes ago, Jamesev said:

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Most mobos have 4 ram slots. If you only have 2 sticks is there a best 2 slots for the first 2 to use or does it depend on the mobo

chcek mobo manual mate

 

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Celeric07

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Your mobo manual will always tell you which slots to use for each configuration.

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