Arctic Freezer A11 is blocking RAM slot 1, which slots for dual channel?

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agonalrhythm

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I will be setting up my new gaming rig later, with the components:


  • Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Computer Case - Black

    Corsair CX750M 750W Semi-Modular PSU

    ASRock FM2A88X Extreme4+ Motherboard (Socket FM2+, AMD A88X, DDR3, S-ATA 600, ATX, 1x PCI Express 3.0x16, A-Style)

    Crucial BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory Module

    Arctic Freezer A11 CPU Cooler

    AMD Athlon X4 760k Quad-Core 3.8ghz Turbocore Black Edition

    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive

    Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card (2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0)

    WD 1 TB 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive - Black

I put the Arctic CPU Cooler over the CPU slot to see if it is going to collide with anything, and I can see it is going to block RAM slot 1 (the one closest to the CPU, I think that's slot 1).

Where should I put my 2 RAM sticks for dual channel configuration? The RAM slots are not colour coded. I found this in the manual but I don't understand what it means:

http://www.postimg.com/image/151000/1964814_10152443395929666_2967966478160006320_n-150458.jpg

Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.

 
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To operate in dual channel on this mobo you will need to install your ram in every other slot, so if you've got A,B,C,D slots in physical order you will need to install either in A and C or B and D. So since you are saying the first slot is blocked by the cpu cooler you need to install in the 2nd and the 4th. Look at pg 11 of your manual or pg 15 of this pdf: ftp://66.226.78.21/manual/FM2A88X%20Extreme4+.pdf and you can see what the ram slots are labeled, then refer to the page you uploaded or pg 22 of the pdf to see where your ram should be placed.
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To operate in dual channel on this mobo you will need to install your ram in every other slot, so if you've got A,B,C,D slots in physical order you will need to install either in A and C or B and D. So since you are saying the first slot is blocked by the cpu cooler you need to install in the 2nd and the 4th. Look at pg 11 of your manual or pg 15 of this pdf: ftp://66.226.78.21/manual/FM2A88X%20Extreme4+.pdf and you can see what the ram slots are labeled, then refer to the page you uploaded or pg 22 of the pdf to see where your ram should be placed.
 
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