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Is physically rotating memory chips a good idea?
I have a system that I built running Win 7 Pro 64-bit with an AMD Phenom II x6 1100T BE on a MSI NF980-G65 motherboard with 32G of matched DDR3 memory (4x8G). I have not physically touched this configuration (except for installing a second GTX660 SC for SLI) in two years. In this time, I have rarely used more than 12G of memory.
I was talking to someone at the local PC shop the other day and the topic of memory config came up. He mentioned that, since I had rarely used more than 12G of memory, it might be a good idea to swap chips from the 'unused' DIMM slots (3 & 4) to the used slots (1 & 2) to 'use' those 'fresh' chips.
Is it a good idea to swap memory chips (keeping the 'matched' chips together)?