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[Solved] 3GB in tri channel vs 6GB in single channel

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Asus [Solved] 3GB in tri channel vs 6GB in single channel

I have 3 GB of corsair RAM in my p6t deluxe v2 with a core i7-920. I want to add RAM, but I don't think I'll be able to run 6 sticks of 1GB in tri channel mode, so would 6 GB of RAM in single channel be better than 3 GB in tri-channel? I assume so. By the way, I'm running Windows 7-64 bit and I plan to overclock the CPU soon.

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Six 1GB sticks of RAM would run in triple channel mode.

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Normally, that is what I would think, but my fear is that it wouldn't. My reason is this excerpt from the P6T manual: 'Due to Intel spec definition, X.M.P. DIMMs and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only.' Since the DIMMs I have are DDR3-1600, my fear is that I can only use 3 DIMMs in my motherboard, even though there are 6 total slots.

If feel confident that I can use 6 DIMMs of DDR3-1600, that would be great and make my purchasing decision much simpler.

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I figured it out. In a different section of the manual for the P6T Delux V2, there is another statement that says that Asus made the board so it would operate with more than one DIMM per channel with DDR3-1600 DIMMs.

Thanks for the previous responses.

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I'd say this is solved.

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