MSI Z68A-GD55 RAM Placement

randomkid

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I have the MSI Z68A-GD55 (B3) Motherboard http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD55--B3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2064
& have purchased the Cooler Master V6GT CPU Cooler.
My problem is that I have thoughtlessly purchased a Corsair Vengeance which have a very tall heat spreader http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-8gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmz8gx3m2a1600c8.html

The motherboard's manual specifically states that I should populate the blue RAM slots first. But since I have a big cooler, I want to put my 2x4GB RAM in the farthest RAM slots ( slot3 which is the 2nd Blue & slot 4 which is the 2nd Black ) to give way to the V6GT. I know it will result to a single channel configuration but I do not mind that. What I am concerned about is will it work at all? Have anyone tried it?

Please help. Thanks.
 
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I think you can put in the black slots to work in dual channel.I had an similar isue with my mobo and it worked. I have an Asrock and i populated the 2-4 you can populate 1-3, 2-4 for dual channel configuration. Give a try you don't have nothing to loose. Good luck.
I think you can put in the black slots to work in dual channel.I had an similar isue with my mobo and it worked. I have an Asrock and i populated the 2-4 you can populate 1-3, 2-4 for dual channel configuration. Give a try you don't have nothing to loose. Good luck.
 
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randomkid

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I added picture to clarify my post. The boxed RAM slots are where I wanted to put my Corsair Vengeance. I know I can easily try this but I don't want to risk it without asking first...
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