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Do I stick my sticks of RAM in the same colour or the same "channel"?

Asked by Ame_Evil (3051points) August 13th, 2010

Ok this should be my final question based on my computer as this is the last thing that needs fixing.

I had to send my other chips of RAM back as one was defective and they wanted to have both as they came from a pack. I picked up a pair of Kingstone 1333MHz RAM for my Asus M4A77T Mobo.

Links for these two are below:
http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-valueram-4gb--2x2gb--1333mhz-ddr3-non-ecc-cl9-dimm-240-pin-5KNM.html
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=47782&tid=gsearch

Basically the mobo comes with 4 slots for my RAM. These are in two colours: black and blue and are labeled A1, B1, A2, B2 where A1 and B1 are black and A2 and B2 are blue.

What I was questioning is whether I am supposed to put them in the same channel – so one in A1 and one in A2, or whether I put them in the same colour.

I read the booklet which came with the mobo and it only says for the best overclocking for RAM over 1600MHz is to put them in both the blue slots. So I instinctively put them in the black slots since my RAM is only 1333MHz.

Some other questions: what does it mean by the same channel? What differences are there having them in different channels (say A1 and B1)?

At the moment they are in A1 and B1 – the black ones, and the computer turns on. But I wanted to know if I get more out of the RAM by sticking them in A1 and A2. Or does it ultimately not make any difference?

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