I have quite a specific situation I want to ask about.
My motherboard is gigabyte b250 hd3p. The RAM slots channels are (when looking from left to right) AABB, or DDR4-4, DDR4-2, DDR4-3, DDR4-1, with 4 AND 2 BEING CHANNEL A, and 3 AND 1 BEING CHANNEL B.
I currently have 2x4gb sticks of Kingston HyperX Fury RAM running in dual channel mode (put in the DDR4-2 and DDR4-1 slots).
I found a really good deal for another 2x4gb sticks with the exact same model number, timings, latency, and exact same revision number. I am aware that this is often a gamble, but I want to try.
My question is: should I put the NEW ram into the remaining slots available (slots DDR4-4 and DDR4-3)? - in this case in channel A slots there would be 1 stick of the NEW ram I bought and 1 stick of the OLD ram I currently have, and the same would also apply to channel B.
OR should I make the configuration in a way that the OLD ram I currently have populates only channel A slots, and the NEW ram I bought populates only channel B slots?
OR does it not matter?
I hope I am being clear, if something is confusing I'll try to clear it up.
Thanks in advance!
My motherboard is gigabyte b250 hd3p. The RAM slots channels are (when looking from left to right) AABB, or DDR4-4, DDR4-2, DDR4-3, DDR4-1, with 4 AND 2 BEING CHANNEL A, and 3 AND 1 BEING CHANNEL B.
I currently have 2x4gb sticks of Kingston HyperX Fury RAM running in dual channel mode (put in the DDR4-2 and DDR4-1 slots).
I found a really good deal for another 2x4gb sticks with the exact same model number, timings, latency, and exact same revision number. I am aware that this is often a gamble, but I want to try.
My question is: should I put the NEW ram into the remaining slots available (slots DDR4-4 and DDR4-3)? - in this case in channel A slots there would be 1 stick of the NEW ram I bought and 1 stick of the OLD ram I currently have, and the same would also apply to channel B.
OR should I make the configuration in a way that the OLD ram I currently have populates only channel A slots, and the NEW ram I bought populates only channel B slots?
OR does it not matter?
I hope I am being clear, if something is confusing I'll try to clear it up.
Thanks in advance!