Which slots do i stick my ram into (Asrock z97 pro w/ 16 gb [2x8] black corsair memory)

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I am building my first gaming pc, and after i installed my coolermaster hyper 212 evo cpu cooler, it is quite large. The ram channels go blue black blue black, and if it matters, the color of my ram is black.

Part of the first blue channel is covered by the cpu fan. Should I put my 2 ram sticks in channels 2 and 4 which are both black? or channels 3 and 4 which one is blue and one is black?

The owners manual is kinda confusing. It says

Priority 1= A1 B1
Priority 2= A2 B2
Priority 3= A1 A2 B1 B2

What do i do :/