In what slots should I install my RAM?

[BMfan]

Hi

At the moment i am running 2 x 2gb sticks,i'm getting another 2 x 1gb sticks later this week.
What i would like to know is what is the best way to run them?
my options would be
(1) (2) (3) (4)
slot 1 - 2gb or 2gb or 1gb or 1gb
slot 2 - 2gb or 1gb or 2gb or 1gb
slot 3 - 1gb or 2gb or 1gb or 2gb
slot 4 - 1gb or 1gb or 2gb or 2gb

This is on a Asus Crosshair III with Corsair DDR3 ram.

 

[JMMD]

Have you checked the manual to see what they recommend? If it were me I would install 3GB per channel.

 

[BMfan]

Thanx for the reply,i have checked the manual and i can't see anything in there.
I was also thinking 3 and 3.

 

[Technochicken]

The best thing to do would be to put matching DIMM's in matching slots. For example, I believe the first two slots on your board are blue, and the second two are white. Put either the two 2gb sticks in the blue and the two 1gb sticks in the white, or the other way around. This lets the ram run in dual channel, which will give you a slight performance increase.

 

[jogaler]

I totally agree with TechnoChicken. If you can provide you motherboard name we can check it out online and help you out in better way. But that is one way to install it on you motherboard.

 

[BMfan]

^^ very last sentence and in my system specs