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7. Not an expert, but I believe that "dual memory architecture" means DIMMs are best paired ...

Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:28 PM

Nov 2020

Usually, slots 1 & 3, and 2 & 4, are paired. If both 2 and 4 were 8GB or both 4GB, some really memory-intensive applications might run faster. If you're not doing high-end image processing or scientific computation, you'll probably never notice. Routine Web browsing etc. should not be affected to any degree you could notice.

ETA -- Oops, didn't even notice the clock speeds. Try swapping DIMMs 3 & 4. Then you've got 2400's paired w/each other, and 2666's paired w/each other. Right now, NONE of your DIMMs match in both size and speed. If you at least pair them by speed they will run at their max rated speed; as it is the 2666's will probably be "clocked down" to run at 2400.

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DDR4 memory [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2020 OP

Does it start up? padfun Nov 2020 #1

It starts up and is running fine Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #2

Then you should be fine, padfun Nov 2020 #4

Thank YOU! Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #5

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Here is the info Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #3

Not an expert, but I believe that "dual memory architecture" means DIMMs are best paired ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2020 #7

Thank YOU! Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #8

Do you need a SSD to speed up your system? ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #9

Not a bad deal Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #10

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