Odd RAM combination on Q87 chipset mainboard. How to get most performance?

SuperRafal

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Hi

In my Dell 9020 i have 3 diffrent sticks installed.
One is Kingston Fury 8GB 1600Mhz
Another one is Kingston Fury 4GB 1600Mhz
And third is some 4GB Hynix 1333MHz which came with stock pc.

How should i install them to get the most of performance? I know it won't make much diffrence but I wanna know anyway. Will these two kingstons work together in dual channel? Or should i pair two 4GB sticks for it? Or maybe just remove Hynix and leave 12GB?

This is my work PC and from what i've seen so far I'm using up to 10GB (very seldom).
 
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Hi there

With your current set up, you will not be able to get dual channel running with anything but the 2 x 4Gb. The faster of the 2 sticks can be clocked down to 1333MHz and you will get dual channel. Nothing you can do with that 8Gb though, unless you get another one.
Personally I'd chuck the 4Gb 1333MHz stick though so that the other 2 will run at their faster speeds.
Hi there

With your current set up, you will not be able to get dual channel running with anything but the 2 x 4Gb. The faster of the 2 sticks can be clocked down to 1333MHz and you will get dual channel. Nothing you can do with that 8Gb though, unless you get another one.
Personally I'd chuck the 4Gb 1333MHz stick though so that the other 2 will run at their faster speeds.
 
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