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Will 3 x 1gb and 3 x 2gb work as tri channel?

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s_h12345   08-24-2009 at 10:51:58 PM

Basically im buying the studio XPS and wanted to upgrade the memory. It already has 3 x 1gb DDR3 ram sticks and im planning to buy 3 x 2gb DDR3 memory sticks. Will they still work in tri channel as they are three of each?

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apache_lives   08-24-2009 at 11:17:01 PM
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What model and specs?

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apache_lives   08-24-2009 at 11:17:59 PM
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oh and if its i7 based yes 3x1gb + 3x2gb will work aok

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PCKid777   08-24-2009 at 11:19:22 PM
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Most likely, yes, as long as motherboard is capable of Tri Channel.

BTW, do you mean replacing the 3x1Gb sticks with the 3x2Gb sticks? Because I don't know of many consumer motherboards with 6 DDR3 slots....

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s_h12345   08-25-2009 at 12:01:49 AM
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Its an i7 920 and has a X58 i think. I def has 6 slots because on dells site they say you can have 4 x 1gb and 2 x 2gb of ram. its worth buying the ram else where for the tri channel speed isn't it?

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ewood   08-25-2009 at 05:50:57 AM
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"i dont know of many consumer boards that have 6 ddr3 slots"

seriously? did you sleep through 8 months of i7?


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mlcloud   08-25-2009 at 06:18:19 AM
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One more confirmation for a big yes. In my old p4 I have 256mbx2 and 512mbx2. I don't see newer motherboards not being able to recognize a little bit of size difference, as long as the rated timings and clock speeds are the same.

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Yoosty   08-25-2009 at 06:47:59 AM
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s_h12345 wrote :

Basically im buying the studio XPS and wanted to upgrade the memory. It already has 3 x 1gb DDR3 ram sticks and im planning to buy 3 x 2gb DDR3 memory sticks. Will they still work in tri channel as they are three of each?


Yes as long as they are the same Mhz; i.e 1066. 1333. 1280 etc etc etc... But also make sure you place then in every other slot. example: 2gb, 1gb, 2gb, 1gb, 2gb, 1gb.

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