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yeah, but matching sticks in matching colors.

 

4GB with 4 GB of the same brand/model in the black

 

2GB with 2 GB of same brand/model in the blue

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It doesn't matter that much, but you do get a wee bit more performance if you put matching sticks in the same color slots. Check your motherboard guide of where to put them first. (Usually is the furthest set away from the CPU, which would be slots 2 and 4, starting by the cpu socket)

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Does the colours I install the ram matter? There are 2 blue and 2 black ones, is it as long as I put them in the same colour?

 

If you've got two dimms, stick them in two slots that are the same colour, if you've got one or three dimms, put them in any (if there are two matching dimms then put them in the same color slots and put the different one in the other color slots), if you have 4 dimms, fill up all 4 slots, if its two different sets, have each set in one color of slot, if its all one set, just fill up the slots lol

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