Want to upgrade from 2 sticks of Ram to 3, what should I know?

redness19

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I currently have 2 sticks of 4GB DDR3 1333MHz. I want to get a 3rd of the same make to increase gaming performance, as I suspect my memory has been the cause of recent BSODs.

My motherboard is a M5A97 LE R2.0. It supports up to 4 sticks of ram.

I don't know much about dual or triple channel, or if that even matters anymore. Basically, just want to know if I add a third stick, will I get a benefit?
 
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My guess would be that you would see, if anything, a decrease in performance. Some of your memory would be running in single-channel mode. Possibly even all of your memory; it depends on how smart the BIOS is.