[SOLVED] Can i use 3 Sticks on a Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H?

Jan 14, 2021
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Help, i used to have 1 4GB ram in slot 2, now i got 2 2GBs, i want to have all 3 in it, but it seems it only works with 2 in slot 4 and 2
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
 
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Would you drive a car that needs 4 wheels on the road with only 3 wheels? No you wouldn't, similarly, always populate the slots on a motherboard in pairs. So if you have two ram slots, populate one or both. If you have a motherboard with 4 slots, populate 1, 2 or 4, not 3. You're not going to get dual channel no matter what setup you run them in when having 3 sticks. Also I'm an advocate of not mixing and matching sticks of ram.

If you want more ram, go get a dual channel ram kit x2 and then populate the slots on the motherboard.
Would you drive a car that needs 4 wheels on the road with only 3 wheels? No you wouldn't, similarly, always populate the slots on a motherboard in pairs. So if you have two ram slots, populate one or both. If you have a motherboard with 4 slots, populate 1, 2 or 4, not 3. You're not going to get dual channel no matter what setup you run them in when having 3 sticks. Also I'm an advocate of not mixing and matching sticks of ram.

If you want more ram, go get a dual channel ram kit x2 and then populate the slots on the motherboard.
 
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