Ram, what to do?

[gecko242]

Ok, probably about to buy 8gb of xms3 1600mhz, 4x2gb sticks.

 

I currently have 4gb of corsair value ram, 1 stick.

 

Will i gain more performance by filling my 4 slots with the xm3 at 1600, or filling 3 with xm3 and one with my current ram, for a total of 10gb at 1333? I am guessing the former however thought I would check.

 

Cheers.

[Jade]

You'll hardly gain performance. Dual channel vs single channel performance differences is pretty negligible unless using an APU, but there will be a slight performance gain from filling all 4 slots with the same size/speed RAM.

 

tl;dr: Fill all with same size, same speed, RAM.

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