Can i run a single stick of dual channel memory alone?

MariaTheCat

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Hi,

As the title says, i have two sticks of ddr3 8gb ram totalling 16gb that are running in dual channel. I want to take one out and give it to a friend temporarily, will that be just fine? Or do they have to be running together for whatever reason, I'm just not sure so i'd appreciate if someone could assure me!

Thanks !
 
Solution
Yeah you can, but it will run at single channel speeds.

It will work just fine but you may notice some performance loss during certain tasks

MariaTheCat

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That's fine, Thank you so much for the fast answer! :)