Adding more ram slows down computer?

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I recently purchased the crucial ballistix sport 8gb ram(http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/bls8g3d1609ds1s00) for my MSI Z77a-g45 mobo. I wanted to upgrade fomr 8gb to 16gb because i use a lot of VMs. It seems that computer got a lot slower after installation. What can be the cause of this problem? The previous ram was in dual channel of 2x4gb kingston memory(http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-KHX1600C9D3X2K2-8GX/dp/B004JO3L40). They ahve the same voltage and same latency. Any ideas?
 
Check the HWMonitor Memory Tab and see if it is reporting any Channel info. Post the result here.

Also remove the 2x4GB RAM and boot with only 1x8GB Ballistix.

With three RAMs there will not be any channel. This config is not recommended actually. You could have got 2x4GB Ballistix for better compatibility.
 

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