Mobo and Ram Compatiability

[leonardmp92]

Hello, looking to build a new machine.

Proposed mobo: G Series 'Sector 5' edition 4GB DDR3-1600 (PC-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules)

It has 4 slots for RAM, if I want to get 6GB of RAM, I can only find 3 sticks (2GB each), can I just have 3 of 4 slots filled? I thought always had to have in groups of 2.

Thanks.

 

[Peter.Cort]

you can use 3/4 slots. the only advantage of using 2/4 ram slots is you get the speed of dual channel. but don't worry, it'll run way faster than your celery d setup regardless of if you have single channel or dual channel

 

[leonardmp92]

Thank you Peter, appreciate your help.

 

[leonardmp92]

Newegg says that this RAM is recommended for i7, but I want to use w/ AMD. Can I still us w/ AMD?

 

[Peter.Cort]

yeah it's recommended for the i7 because of the ram controller supports dual channel natively. but it'll run fine with an amd proc

 

[leonardmp92]

Thank you Peter.