Aquiring an odd 8Gb Ram stick.

[Ecthelon]

Hello all. I bought my computer from Mesh Computers, who apparently just stick in a piece of RAM that they have lying around.

 

As a result, my computer has one stick from this pack: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/VENGEANCE®-LPX-64GB-(8-x-8GB)-DDR4-DRAM-2800MHz-C14-Memory-Kit---Black/p/CMK64GX4M8B2800C14

 

I want to add another stick of RAM to my machine, but frustratingly I can't seem to find anywhere selling a single stick of this type. Similar corsair 8Gb sticks have different timings. Does anyone have any advice or should I just try and sell this one and buy two others?

[corrado33]

2 minutes ago, Ecthelon said:

Hello all. I bought my computer from Mesh Computers, who apparently just stick in a piece of RAM that they have lying around.

 

As a result, my computer has one stick from this pack: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/VENGEANCE®-LPX-64GB-(8-x-8GB)-DDR4-DRAM-2800MHz-C14-Memory-Kit---Black/p/CMK64GX4M8B2800C14

 

I want to add another stick of RAM to my machine, but frustratingly I can't seem to find anywhere selling a single stick of this type. Similar corsair 8Gb sticks have different timings. Does anyone have any advice or should I just try and sell this one and buy two others?

Buy a dual channel kit and use the other stick in single channel mode. 

 

Or buy a dual channel kit and sell this single stick. 

[emosun]

sell that stick and buy a matched replacement pair

[Syntaxvgm]

I have those. 

As far as I'm aware, they're dual channel kits at the lowest, but check ebay. 

[Windows7ge]

This is kind of up to you. You CAN buy 1 stick that is similar then tweak them to match in both timing and speed (which in itself isn't totally necessary. The computer should work even if they don't match exactly.). Or you could sell off that one stick (if you want) then buy a matching pair.

[SupaKomputa]

You can add another one with different brand or maker.

Ideally you want to match the same memory chip (hynix, samsung, elpida etc). Its written on the top of the chip (assuming its not blocked by heatsink).

But if you cannot find one, no problem, the system will match and use the lowest speed.

So if you're unsure, just try to buy the same speed eg. 2133, 2400, 2666 etc.

[LienusLateTips]

You can use different sticks lol

 

My brother in his rig has 2x GSkill Ripjaws (IV I think?) @ 1600mhz and also 2x Patriot something @ 1866mhz.