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Multiple factors come into play for if it will work 100%. In theory it should be ok, but the timings should be the same as well as a multitude of other factors. The RAM can only work as fast as your slowest piece of ram. You also lose out on the benefit of quad channel since you would be using 3 sticks of RAM. 

 

I would recommend getting another set of the same ram.

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If they the same speeds it will work, but whu you buy one 16gb ram, you could buy 2x8gb ram for 2x dual channel

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21 minutes ago, GodSeph said:

You also lose out on the benefit of quad channel since you would be using 3 sticks of RAM. 

Why do you think he has a motherboard with quad-channel memory?

Also when 3 sticks installed, it would run likely in single channel mode, not even dual-channel.

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6 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

3 sticks is not recommended at all.

5 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

If they the same speeds it will work, but whu you buy one 16gb ram, you could buy 2x8gb ram for 2x dual channel

yes, but i plan on buying one more 16 gb when i can, so that would make 8x2 + 16x2

5 minutes ago, GodSeph said:

Multiple factors come into play for if it will work 100%. In theory it should be ok, but the timings should be the same as well as a multitude of other factors. The RAM can only work as fast as your slowest piece of ram. You also lose out on the benefit of quad channel since you would be using 3 sticks of RAM. 

 

I would recommend getting another set of the same ram.

both have 16-18-18-38 and 3000mhz speed

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2 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Why do you think he has a motherboard with quad-channel memory?

Also when 3 sticks it would run likely in single channel mode, not even dual-channel.

If he is saying he has 2 sticks of 8gb ram and wants another I doubt he has a old trichannel board but only purchased 2 sticks of ram for it. He also said he has 4 slots as 2 and 4 are being used currently.... and yes putting in another stick would not be beneficial as I said but he asked if it would work properly which I also addressed lol. 

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Just now, GodSeph said:

If he is saying he has 2 sticks of 8gb ram and wants another I doubt he has a old trichannel board but only purchased 2 sticks of ram for it. He also said he has 4 slots as 2 and 4 are being used currently.... and yes putting in another stick would not be beneficial as I said but he asked if it would work properly which I also addressed lol. 

Erm, i suspect more like dual channel, considering the machine specs in his profile.

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9 minutes ago, GodSeph said:

If he is saying he has 2 sticks of 8gb ram and wants another I doubt he has a old trichannel board but only purchased 2 sticks of ram for it. He also said he has 4 slots as 2 and 4 are being used currently.... and yes putting in another stick would not be beneficial as I said but he asked if it would work properly which I also addressed lol. 

8 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Erm, i suspect more like dual channel, considering the machine specs in his profile.

yes, its a dual channel mobo (Gigabyte ab350 gaming 3)

slot 2 and 4 have 8gb rams,

slot 1 will have 16 gb ram

later when i can spend more i will add one more 16gb one to slot 3

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