How should I have my RAM installed?

Hi,
Just bought some RAM for my Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz and the image below shows how i have them installed. Should i install the sticks in some different order in order to get the most out of the RAM.
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Hi CueThePulse-
They need to be in matched pairs-not sure if your readout indicates such.
This may help: Memory (DIMMs) Replacement Instructions
Luck-
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oliverfrombeirut wrote:
so my questions are:
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here's my last question : i have my parallels software yet to be installed, just as the windows 8 software. now should i use bootcamp to install windows ? could i install windows using parallels ? if yes which is better to use ?
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