I recently got 2x4gb hyperx fury ram, and was wondering if I could add my old 4gb stick from a previous computer I had. I might be lower clocked, does the Maximus Hero VI support it? I heard that intel supports dual channel ram and makes the third stick into a singular channel
3 Sticks of 4GB ram?
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It should run it just fine, but You're gonna lose the dual channel "feature". And don't forget to clock Your ram towards Your weakest RAM in the system [or just leave it on auto, it'll do what it has by itself].
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Uncr0wned - if You need a RAM, do it, if You don't need it, it won't boost Your system noticably. 12 gigs will do with Creative Cloud, Corel Suite, Autodesk Software, Catia, Cad, etc. but not with games/office/multimedia/etnertainment. At least not yet...
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12GB (3x4GB) will run in flex mode - you'll have 8GB in dual channel and the odd 4 in single channel mode. This will run fine on the Hero and most any recent Intel mobo, if the sticks will play together, the Fury's operate based on PnP while most other sticks run under XMP, so may need some manual timing/voltage adjustments
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Flex mode is an Intel thing that goes back about 10 years I think, AMD has been using their own variation for awhile also
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Tradesman1 - working with computers since 1991, and never encountered it. As I wrote, good to know 
. The only situation I use 3 RAM modules is, when a mobo directly supports triple channel, otherwise, whenever I see configuration of such, in cpu-z it shows on each module "single channel", and with amd it's "ganged/unganged".
. The only situation I use 3 RAM modules is, when a mobo directly supports triple channel, otherwise, whenever I see configuration of such, in cpu-z it shows on each module "single channel", and with amd it's "ganged/unganged".
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Here's an older article I found at Toms:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-stakes-vision-pc-future-775-launch,830-28.html
and from Intel
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-011965.htm#flex
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-stakes-vision-pc-future-775-launch,830-28.html
and from Intel
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-011965.htm#flex
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