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My computer has a dual channel up to 8gb of ddr3 ram. Is that 8 gb of ram for each channel or for both channels? If it's for both channels, I have (2x4gb) ram sticks do I put one in each channel or do I put both in one channel 

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put the ram in it's paired slots. eg. 1&3 2&4. 

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8 minutes ago, xxFLIMZYSWAGxx said:

My computer has a dual channel up to 8gb of ddr3 ram. Is that 8 gb of ram for each channel or for both channels? If it's for both channels, I have (2x4gb) ram sticks do I put one in each channel or do I put both in one channel 

4Gb per channel and is only active if DIMMs are inserted into colour coordinated slots. ie. 4 Slots, 2 grey and 2 black, only use both the black sockets or grey sockets. With 2 sticks of Ram don't use one grey and one black if you want the dual channel.

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43 minutes ago, xxFLIMZYSWAGxx said:

My computer has a dual channel up to 8gb of ddr3 ram. Is that 8 gb of ram for each channel or for both channels? If it's for both channels, I have (2x4gb) ram sticks do I put one in each channel or do I put both in one channel 

Read the motherboard manual on where to put the correct RAM

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2 hours ago, xxFLIMZYSWAGxx said:

My computer has a dual channel up to 8gb of ddr3 ram. Is that 8 gb of ram for each channel or for both channels? If it's for both channels, I have (2x4gb) ram sticks do I put one in each channel or do I put both in one channel 

what motherboard do you have and what ram? let me know and i will try my best to tell you the best option.

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