Crucial Ballistix Tactical 4GB DDR3-1866 UDIMM single or dual cannel RAM?

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I want to increase my RAM.

I have 2 slots.. one is empty and other is having ASUS P8H61-M LE single channel 2gb ram. i have scanned my pc on Crucial Scanner on crucial.com. They detected my memory slots and specs and recommended me Crucial Ballistix Tactical 4GB DDR3-1866 UDIMM with guarantee

Is this combination compatible.. because i have heard single and dual channel RAMs are not compatible.
Is Crucial Ballistix Tactical 4GB DDR3-1866 UDIMM dual channel?
 
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There are no single and dual channel memory modules. There are only memory modules, period. Dual channel operation is a feature of the motherboard and memory controller. Memory modules being incompatible with each other, regardless of any dual channel considerations with the motherboard and memory controller, can still be a problem but it is not a question of them being compatible because one is dual channel and one is not. They are ALL capable of dual channel if they are compatible with your motherboard and with each other, and your motherboard is capable of dual, triple or quad channel operation. In most cases you want matched sets of memory modules, but in some cases if the memory is very similar, with similar speed, voltage and...
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There are no single and dual channel memory modules. There are only memory modules, period. Dual channel operation is a feature of the motherboard and memory controller. Memory modules being incompatible with each other, regardless of any dual channel considerations with the motherboard and memory controller, can still be a problem but it is not a question of them being compatible because one is dual channel and one is not. They are ALL capable of dual channel if they are compatible with your motherboard and with each other, and your motherboard is capable of dual, triple or quad channel operation. In most cases you want matched sets of memory modules, but in some cases if the memory is very similar, with similar speed, voltage and latency, they may work.

The following article explains things in more detail.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ddr-dram-myths,4155.html
 
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