Intel Bloomfield LGA1366 Mainboard

[Movieman]

right now, computers are dual channel. Think of it as a RAID-0 array with 2 disks. all the writes are split and striped between the 2 channels.

3 channel memory, is the equivalent of adding another disk to the array. This nets about a 50% boost in memory bandwidth over dual channel.

Or in laymans terms:
Take your 300HP car and bump it up to 450HP...