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So I'm currently thinking of upgrading my memory to 16gb. I currently have 1x8 GB at 2133mhz. Is it possible to buy 2x4 GB memory and at a higher speed while still using my other 8gb memory stick. Thank you in advance for the responses!

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2 minutes ago, Running Raptors said:

So I'm currently thinking of upgrading my memory to 16gb. I currently have 1x8 GB at 2133mhz. Is it possible to buy 2x4 GB memory and at a higher speed while still using my other 8gb memory stick. Thank you in advance for the responses!

Just get another 8gb stick of 2133mhz RAM. 

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1. Does you motherboard have 3 RAM slots?

2. They will run at speed of the slowest one, i.e. 2133MHz.

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13 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1. Does you motherboard have 3 RAM slots?

2. They will run at speed of the slowest one, i.e. 2133MHz.

 

13 minutes ago, Cyndre1033 said:

Just get another 8gb stick of 2133mhz RAM. 

The problem with getting another 8gb stick is the one that I have is a oem stick and it might be more expensive to find the same exact one and yes the motherboard has 4 ram slots. It's a ASRock h170m pro 4

 

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46 minutes ago, Running Raptors said:

 

The problem with getting another 8gb stick is the one that I have is a oem stick and it might be more expensive to find the same exact one and yes the motherboard has 4 ram slots. It's a ASRock h170m pro 4

 

I'm not sure how dual channel works on your motherboard with RAM sticks of different volume installed. See if you can exchange that 8G stick for 2 4G sticks that match 2 other 4G sticks you are going to buy. Otherwise buy another 8GB stick

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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4 hours ago, Running Raptors said:

 

The problem with getting another 8gb stick is the one that I have is a oem stick and it might be more expensive to find the same exact one and yes the motherboard has 4 ram slots. It's a ASRock h170m pro 4

 

You really don't need matchIng sticks. You'll do just fine any 8gb stick you can find, whether OEM or not.

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13 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

You really don't need matchIng sticks. You'll do just fine any 8gb stick you can find, whether OEM or not.

So they would just not be able to use dual channel mode then

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1 hour ago, Running Raptors said:

So they would just not be able to use dual channel mode then

Actually, they would. Even with non matched sticks, they'll still run dual channel if the size is the same.

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5 hours ago, Imakuni said:

Actually, they would. Even with non matched sticks, they'll still run dual channel if the size is the same.

Oh I didn't know that. I guess I will just buy another 8gb stick then. Thanks 

 

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