RAM in which socket on motherboard.

chrismox · 2025-11-12T15:11:48+0000

I’ve just taken delivery of a Sapphire Nitro+ B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard and a Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit.

The motherboard has 4 RAM sockets listed as A1, A2, B1, B2. Am I right in thinking that i need one stick in channel A (A1) and the other in channel B (B1)?

Thanks.

Tetras · 2025-11-12T15:24:48+0000

Normally you're meant to use the 2nd and 4th slots (from CPU), which I assume in your example would be A2 and B2.

chrismox · 2025-11-12T15:42:18+0000

Thanks, I’ll do that.

InkZ · 2025-11-12T16:04:55+0000

Yep, usually 2nd and 4th as above, but I'd still double check the manual, it usually says.

Tetras · 2025-11-12T16:11:26+0000

InkZ said:
Yep, usually 2nd and 4th as above, but I'd still double check the manual, it usually says.

It doesn't say anything about where to put them, maybe an oversight on Sapphire's part.

chrismox · 2025-11-12T16:27:18+0000

Tetras said:
It doesn't say anything about where to put them, maybe an oversight on Sapphire's part.

Yeah, I did check and the manual is silent on the matter, hence why I'm here. The manual is barebones at best.

InkZ · 2025-11-12T16:46:10+0000

Pretty poor they don't have that in the manual as it's quite important :/