Looking to upgrade Memory? what's the best choice?

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Dangerousret

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I currently have 3x2GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600(btw what does pc3 mean?) and is clocked at 666.7MHZ. I'm looking to get to 8GB. Would it be that big of a difference between adding 1 stick of what i'm currently using,or getting 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHZ?
 
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rolli59
As I suspected it is a X58 chipset lga 1366 board with your 3 ram modules running in triple channel. If you are planning an upgrade then I suggest 3x4GB sticks for 12GB keeping it in triple. Depending on what you use it fore 6GB is enough though.
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rolli59

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As I suspected it is a X58 chipset lga 1366 board with your 3 ram modules running in triple channel. If you are planning an upgrade then I suggest 3x4GB sticks for 12GB keeping it in triple. Depending on what you use it fore 6GB is enough though.
 
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rolli59

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Goggled the board and get all the info I need along with that it is an MSI OEM for Alienware. LGA 1366 is the former top of the line Intel with triple channel memory support, it also supports dual channel and single channel. Most other boards only support up to dual channel with the exception of LGA2011, the current Intel top, that supports up to quad channel ram.
 
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