Is it an 8 or 12 core machine? Optimal RAM setups depend on number of cores and memory channels.

Apple has a doc on replacing RAM, including a bit on memory channels:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacPro_MemoryDIMM_DIY.pdf

The focus seems to be more balancing channels that what makes up that channel.

 - Chris

On Jun 7, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Jim Curtis wrote:

> I'm setting up a new workstation from my spare MacPro3,1.  I turned down work this year, and have decided to bring in a freelancer to help me rather than do that again.
>
> I have a 16 GB package arriving soon (4 x 4 G sticks).  Currently, that machine has 8 GB consisting of 2x2G sticks, and 4 x 1G sticks. (It has 8 slots for a max of 32G.)
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> Is there any downside to having four matched 4G sticks in the same machine as two 2G sticks and two 1G sticks?  I hardly see people listing 22G in their MacPro.
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> Does it matter?  As long as they're all 800 MHz ECC FB-DIMM:R, just different sizes?
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>
> TIA,
> Jim C.
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