Ram compatibility

[JayMK2]

Hi All

 

New poster here. I have a MSI pro carbon x470 with 2 sticks of RAM in it currently (2x 8GB 3200mhz) I was thinking of upgrading by adding 2x 16GB 3200mhz of the same brand of RAM. Will this work and if so which slots do i need to put the sticks in for the channels to be right? I am fairly new to building PC's just to add. 

 

Thanks

[wall03]

welcome to the forum!

 

DO NOT MIX/MATCH DIFFERENT RAM STICKS. THEY HAVE TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME (you have to buy new sticks)

[Matty2048]

if you mix and match ram it is pretty much a lottery as to weather they like each other or not you can reduce the chances of bad times by matching the speed and model and timings etc..

 

[r2724r16]

1 minute ago, wall03 said:

DO NOT MIX/MATCH DIFFERENT RAM STICKS. THEY HAVE TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME (you have to buy new sticks)

Not necessarily.

 

I'm using two generic Crucial modules, one Corsair Dominator module, and one Crucial Ballistix Sport module in my X58 system, and it all (somehow) works fine.

[wall03]

9 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Not necessarily.

 

I'm using two generic Crucial modules, one Corsair Dominator module, and one Crucial Ballistix Sport module in my X58 system, and it all (somehow) works fine.

like @Matty2048 said it is a lottery