3 Ram Sticks on a dual channel mobo

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Hey guys, Can I use 3 Ram Sticks on a motherboard that support duel channel?

My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H and CPU i5 3450. It already had 2 sticks of 2gb ram, can I add one more stick of 2gb? Is it decrease or increase system performance?

> Yes you can. The dual channel only means that if you insert two RAM sticks of same size and same speeds and timings then they will work in dual channel mode.

> The minor increase or decrease in performance will not be visible anyways.

harshilsharma63 said:
> Yes you can. The dual channel only means that if you insert two RAM sticks of same size and same speeds and timings then they will work in dual channel mode.

> The minor increase or decrease in performance will not be visible anyways.

Thanks for your answer sir.

Can you tell me please either increase or decrease in performance ?

I just want to sure is it worth adding single memory sticks or not.

Add two more, and you will get better performance. Better to pair always.

I am in same dilemma

May add a couple of 4 GB modules in the mix.

I already added single 2gb stick:

*i.imgur.com/889fXD7.jpg

and here is the result:

*i.imgur.com/gsNP9G2.jpg

Where is the result :-?

Tech_Wiz said:
Where is the result

Sorry I didn't take any screen shot before adding third one, as far as I remember it was bellow 7.6.

What it is now?

Windows Experience Index is mostly crap. You need better benchmark. Like PassMark Software - Memory Benchmark Charts.

Others correct me if I am wrong, but FPS in gaming is the best benchmark. But I guess the difference won't be that noticeable with only RAM upgrade.