And having 3 sticks of ram on your MB is probably keeping it from using it's dual channel capability

1x2GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x1GB DDR3 XMS3 Corsair

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket
Charles Péguy

 Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do;they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart
Walter Savage Landor

So is that TTFN or TANSTAAFL?