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This means that, on our main chart, every configuration up to and including the “Enthusiast” tier has two memory channels. On Intel’s side, every LGA 1151 motherboard has two memory channels, and every LGA 2066 motherboard has four memory channels. On the AMD side, every AM4 socket motherboard has two memory channels, and every TR4 socket motherboard has four channels.

Most modern motherboards have two to four memory channels. A channel needs only one stick to be used, and any more than that doesn’t necessarily stop things from working. In addition, the number of RAM slots on a motherboard is independent of the number of memory channels. Though RAM kits may call their arrangements “channels,” the actual number of channels and the number of RAM sticks are independent of each other a ny mention of channel count on a RAM kit’s product/specification page is just an informal, technically-incorrect way of referring to how many sticks of RAM there are in the kit. To be clear, these memory channels are actual wires that exist on/in the motherboard. The RAM is the computer’s short-term memory, and the CPU is the main processor that does stuff with the information in the memory the RAM channels are how that information moves back and forth. Simply put, memory channels are the links between your RAM and your CPU through which data moves between the two. The answers to those questions and more can be found below, so read on! If you’ve ever taken a look at a product page for sticks of RAM, or at the specifications for a CPU or motherboard, you’ve probably seen “memory channels” mentioned.įor many beginners, this sparks questions like, “What’s the deal? Does dual-channel mean I can only use two sticks? What do multiple channels do that one channel doesn’t? Can I use quad-channel RAM on a dual-channel motherboard?”