Fill All Ram Slots

  

Use 4x8gb ram sticks and fill all slots or use 2x16gb ram stick and fill only 2 slots.

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  • If you are installing memory in a dual-channel memory motherboard, install memory modules in pairs, filling the lowest numbered slots first. For example, if the motherboard has two slots each for channel A and channel B, numbered 0 and 1, fill the slots for channel A slot 0 and channel B slot 0 first.
  • Maximum memory: 8192MB Slots: 4 (2 banks of 2).Not to exceed manufacturer supported memory. 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB. This is fantastic news both in terms of PC performance - and my wallet! On top of all that, the exisiting 2x2GB sticks that came pre-installed with the PC 3 years a go stay put - so no need for throwing unwanted memory sticks in a drawer.
  • If you have enough workstations then can you fill all 4 slots with memory 'borrowed' from the other workstations? Even if it is not 4 x 4, 4 x 2 or even 2 x2 & 2 x1 to try and prove the whether 4 slots work meaning you are not using this Crucial memory in the test? Maybe HP made a mistake with the BIOS or Board and not you. I use Piriform Speccy.
  • The slots don't need to be all filled. If you want to install a 2gig of ram, i recommend you to buy 2 ram of 1gig! If one get down you will still have 1 gig left, but if you buy 1 stick of 2 gig you will just loose money! Hope it helps ^^.
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Can I Fill All 4 Ram Slots

The motherboard I am getting (ASUS P5WD2) has four slots for memory, total of 8 Gig. I'm going to put 2 Gig in (need it for large video editing files) Am I better off to get 4 512s and fill all slots so if one goes bad I can replace at cheaper price or am I better off to go with two 1 Gig sticks? Will that board run on only 1 stick or does it need to be in pairs? If the memory needs to be installed in pairs, then I think it would be better to have 4 sticks so you can troubleshoot memory.
What do you think?
And what about memory brands? Is Altas Good? If not what is do you recommend?