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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Just decided to reply in case anyone else doesn't know. Tom's Hardware and a few different mb manufacturer websites say motherboards opt for Dual Channel ram management, if you have an uneven number it will still use them all on a single channel mode which is slower but not as badly as if you had mixed RAM parts