ram compatibility with motherboard

reverentioz

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Nov 20, 2013
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so i want to upgrade my memory and im looking at Corsair Vengeance LP (Dual) 2x4gb ddr3 1600 CL9, but im worried about my mboard..i got msi 760GM-P34Fx and at the back it says on memory: 2 DIMMs support for DDR3-1066/1333/1600/1866(oc)MHX up to 16gb max..the slot where you put the memory sticks are close together(no space in between) so im not sure if the ram i want to buy will even fit together there..if not can anyone recommend a good 8gb for me?

BTW i also saw that there's a single Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB available but upon research it seems that a 2x4gb is better than 1x8gb., but if the 2x4gb sticks wont fit on my board will i be ok with just the single 8gb ram?