Can I use 3 sticks in a 4 stick motherboard?

maxland

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I'm upgrading my wife's computer. The motherboard will be a Biostar Hi-Fi A85W with an X4 740. I have 3 sticks of GSkill F3-12800CL8T-6GBRAM leftover from a previous build. Can I use all sticks in this motherboard so I'll have 6GB?

The system is used exclusively for MS Word with occasional Flash Games that she likes to play. I intend to salvage current drives and monitors (she uses 2).

For the record, I'll be upgrading a GeForce 8400 GS to a GT640, Rosewill Challenger case and an EVGA 500W psu. This is NOT a gaming computer but a work computer.
 

Diox55

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I'd go with his answer. Just coming out of experience I've mostly seen alot of motherboards that won't support that.
 

robo7425

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Yes I know that dual means 2. The posts above me seemed to be questioning it, but thanks for the input.