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I just got a new Core i7 7700K with 8 GB RAM and bought an extra 16 GB for a total of 24 GB.
The original 2x4 RAM came in slots 1 and 3 and I was told to just fill in the other two slots with the new RAM. Here is the configuration.
This is my Core i7 870 iMac:
Is one of them incorrectly configured? Actually it looks like they are configured the same, but the table is differently ordered.
BTW, here are the Geekbench 4.1 scores (including memory tests).
i7 7700K
CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3206558
Compute: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/860970
i7 870
CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3210475
Compute: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/860988
The original 2x4 RAM came in slots 1 and 3 and I was told to just fill in the other two slots with the new RAM. Here is the configuration.

This is my Core i7 870 iMac:

Is one of them incorrectly configured? Actually it looks like they are configured the same, but the table is differently ordered.
BTW, here are the Geekbench 4.1 scores (including memory tests).
i7 7700K
CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3206558
Compute: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/860970
i7 870
CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3210475
Compute: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/860988
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