The key point however is to fill the different memory channels equally, and this is likely provided as an 'idiot-proof' instruction, rather than instructing the user to just fill the channels equally. Note: 'Furthest from the CPU' comes from the motherboard manual of my recent PC build (ASUS motherboard) and may not be what is stated for all motherboards. The different colours signify the channel used for the RAM in that slot - so in a Dual channel system, there are two colours, and three in a triple channel system.įor performance, you should be using both channels, so if you have two dimms, this rule of thumb will result in one slot for each channel being filled first.
This is your 'Always in adjacent slots, but with differring color' option. Populate the RAM slots starting from the slot furthest from the CPU.
