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Mismatched DDR4 ram on laptop

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Hello there,

I was locking for a ram upgrade for my hp Pavilion. It shipped with a single ddr4-2666 16gb stick, even tho the mobo has 2 slots. I was looking for a matching dimm (Part n. M471A2K43CB1-CTD) but in my local stores and even amazon the prices are crazy......~110€ (Italy).

I was thinking that maybe I could put a 4/8gb stick with same speed and timing (cl19) and call it a day for now...

I know that mismatched ram are "bad" and I tried to avoid it since I remember being  in the pc scene but for this time I really need a little upgrade.

The candidates are:

  • M471A5244CB0-CTD 4gb (~19€)
  • M471A1K43CB1-CTD 8gb (~69€) n i c e

I'm not sure what to pick up......any advice?

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It should work for the most part 

Even different cas latency should work ( but could cause problems )

Different frequencies don't matter as all sticks will be set  to the slowest one.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

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Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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7 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

It should work for the most part 

Even different cas latency should work ( but could cause problems )

Different frequencies don't matter as all sticks will be set  to the slowest one.

I've just found a crucial made 16gb stick (CT16G4SFD8266)

for the same price of an 8gb from samsung......thoughts?

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And it's dual rank, the same as my 16gb from samsung. And same timing cl19

 

Samsung stick:

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Crucial stick specs:

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9 minutes ago, Cipulot99 said:

I've just found a crucial made 16gb stick (CT16G4SFD8266)

Sure ? 

I mean if you want go for it 

My answer still remains the same.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Sure ? 

I mean if you want go for it 

My answer still remains the same.

Yeah, the 16gb from samsung costs like 103€ and the crucial one 63€......

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...40€ difference is very strange tho. Both sold and shipped by amazon.

 

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1 minute ago, Cipulot99 said:

Yeah, the 16gb from samsung costs like 103€ and the crucial one 63€......

Probably different or cheaper IC's.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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I'll give it a try(the crucial one)....I can always turn it back and get the samsung one.... Thanks for the help man😄👌

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Update: went with a 32gb kit (HyperX Impact HX426S15IB2K2/32)..... seems stable and no strange BSOD like other users reported on the hp support website. Pretty happy with the upgrade 😁

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Just now, Cipulot99 said:

Pretty happy with the upgrade 

Enjoy.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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Got it yesterday evening. Installed and works well. I've run a couple of tests with the System Diagnostics (the bios one), Windows memory check and MemTest64. All passed 😄

 

Final config, so that if anyone has the same config can verify that this could work for them as well:

Model:

Hp Pavilion cs-3045nl

CPU:

i7-1065G7 (stock)

RAM

32gb ddr4-2666 HyperX Impact (kit 2x16gb)

Video:

MX250 (2gb variant)

Disks:

  • Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
  • Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB

OS: W10 Pro

 

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1 minute ago, Cipulot99 said:

All passed 

good to hear

enjoy ;)

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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