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What is the difference between DDR3 Dual Channel and DDR3 Triple Channel?

Can my Intel i7 860 Support DDR3 Triple Channel?

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"Dual Channel" and "Tri Channel" refer to the memory controller in your system, not to the memory itself. A "Dual Channel" system can access two DIMM modules at the same time, while a "Tri Channel" system can access three of them. The DIMM modules themselves are identical.

You can buy "dual channel kits" or "tri channel kits" of memory, but it's just the same memory packaged in pairs or triplets to optimize the number of DIMM modules you install into a dual- or tri-channel system.
 

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so easily speaking socket 1156 dosent support Tri Channel?

If so i just go for Dual Channel.

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