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am building a new computer, and this is my first time building one. i have selected to use this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132510 which has 4 slots for 240pin memory and supports 32gb of memory. i found these memory sticks: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233630 these fully utilize my 4 slots and 32gb. however this says quadchannel while other options said dualchannel. so my question would be, is there a difference? is the ram i selected compatible with the motherboard i selected?
 
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It means you can run 32GB on it - but it will all run in dual channel - to run in quad channel you would need to build on the 2011/X79 or 2011 v3/X99 mobo. Simply put while you can run 4 sticks (I do on my rigs in sig) but they all run in dual channel mode
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You have an 1150 mobo, which is tops at dual channel, you have 2 (CHannel A and Channel B, both have two slots assigned that can be filled. With 2 or four slots filled all DRAM runs in dual channel (128 bit) mode. Quad channel (256 bit) is only available on the 2011 and 2011 v3 socket PC mobos.
 
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what does all that mean? im really new to building computers, so i am unfamiliar with most of the technical names and such. does that mean i need a newer version of the same mobo?
 
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It means you can run 32GB on it - but it will all run in dual channel - to run in quad channel you would need to build on the 2011/X79 or 2011 v3/X99 mobo. Simply put while you can run 4 sticks (I do on my rigs in sig) but they all run in dual channel mode
 
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sorry to sound annoying, but i still dont fully understand that. so are those memory sticks compatible with my mobo? or would i have to get different memory sticks?
 
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alright thanks. ill use them then thanks! i dont really understand the difference between dual channel and quad channel but okay. thank you
 
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