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zxcbn
By zxcbn
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hey i wanted to buy 32 gb of ram and was wondering if i can buy two same 16 GB of same speeds and same timing and run them in a dual configuration so i would have 32 gb or its better to buy 32 gb of ram which comes with 2 sticks.  is there any difference ???? I have Intel 10th gen cpu 10700k  and asus z490p mother board 

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So currently you have 2 sticks of 8GB and you want to buy two more to I crease to 32GB?

 

Just buy another 16GB set and run all 4 sticks, no point in buying a 32GB set just to get dual channel across all 32GB.

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Mix and matching sticks aren't guaranteed to work. 

They may and may not. Though technically it should work in dual channel. 

But if you're just gaming. Don't bother with it as 16 gigs is more than enough. 

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