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Noob Needs Help With Mobo And Mem

reptile1

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mobo is gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L
mem is crucial ballistix 2gb in 2x1gb sticks
mobo has 2 channels of colour coded slots paired yellow/red
do i install 2x1gb mem in 1 channel pair of yellow/red ....or...1 in each channel-of either (both yellow or both red slots)?
both work but which is best set up for max mem etc
thanks
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LuzSYfer

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somewhere in the alps
Processor C2D e6750 2,66ghz @ 3,2ghz
Motherboard Asus P5E - intel X38
Cooling CPU:AC Freezer 7pro; GPU: Zalman VF900-Cu
Memory 2GB GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 800 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s) Zotac GeForce 8800GT 512MB 660/1600/900
Storage 1x WD RaptorX 150gb, 2x Samsung T166 500gb
Display(s) FSC 22"TFT
Case Chieftec DX
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Tagan 480W
Software XP pro
i think with gigabyte its same colour slots for dual channel mode (so red-red or yellow-yellow)
 
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