WD 1TB Blue Desktop Drive 3.5' SATA-III 7200RPM 64MBĪSUS DRW-24F1ST Internal DVD±ReWriter 24X - OEMĬorsair 4GB DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Module CL9 1. MSI R9 280 GAMING 3GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Dual Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics CardĪMD FX-8350 4GHz Socket AM3+ 8MB Cache Retail Boxed ProcessorĬarbide Series SPEC-01 BLUE LED Mid Tower Gaming CaseĬorsair AF120 LED Blue Quiet Edition High Airflow 120mm FanĪsus M5A78L-M/USB3 Socket AM3+ 8 Channel HD Audio mATX MotherboardĬorsair CSM 650W Semi Modular 80+ Gold Power Supply But i got told to put them in the blue slots when I built it so i'm a bit worried as now ive had to move them to the black and i dont know what this mean. Is this going to change anything? I know you need to have them both in the same colour - which they are. I would like 8GBs of RAM in this computer, I could always sell this RAM and buy 2x4GB regardless.Įdit: Also, I've only had the CPU and motherboard in the computer for the past week or a week and a half.I just installed a new CPU fan however the fan was pretty big and covered my first blue ram slot so I had to move both my rams from the blue slots into the black slots. My friend gave me this computer with a XFX motherboard and I decided to upgrade the motherboard to the ASUS one, I also upgraded the CPU with the Phenom II X4 940. I will try that when I get back from work (currently on break). I have not tried putting one stick of 2GB RAM in the 2nd blue slot and another 2GB RAM in the 2nd black slot. I also bought the motherboard on eBay and it was manufacture refurbished, so perhaps RAM slots were and still are the issue? Also the temps on the CPU are very good too. The CPU seems to be working fine and it looks literally barely used. I bought the CPU on eBay and it was suppose to be barely used. It was over a $100 PSU, or at the time it was at least. My friend bought it off of TigerDirect as it was on sale. A laptop motherboard will have the RAM cards lying flat, and this applies to some Macs as well. A PC motherboard will have RAM slots that look like long channels with clasps on one or both ends. Depending on whether you have a desktop or a laptop these slots will look different. XION PowerReal XON-700P14N 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply RAM slots are found in pairs on the motherboard.

Black and blue ram slots