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Weird question about ram...

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if you buy non matching ram your motherboard may not set your timings properly leading to instability. If you're setting things manually to the slowest speed and timings your should be fine, but could still have instability (especially when mixing different sizes of ram in)

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I think you could just but memory at the same speed. But i know for sure that it is best to have matching sets

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if you buy non matching ram your motherboard may not set your timings properly leading to instability. If you're setting things manually to the slowest speed and timings your should be fine, but could still have instability (especially when mixing different sizes of ram in)

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Just now, ComputerPerson96 said:

Fun or performance. Hmmm.

It looks like you have 3 posts... I'm wondering if there is performance hits or not as this is the reason of the post. If anybody with more experience could help me out this would be greatly appreciated.

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1 minute ago, Arrogath said:

if you buy non matching ram your motherboard may not set your timings properly leading to instability. If you're setting things manually to the slowest speed and timings your should be fine, but could still have instability (especially when mixing different sizes of ram in)

Got it thnx! I will buy matching RAM for sure!

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1 minute ago, PhatRATTY said:

It looks like you have 3 posts... I'm wondering if there is performance hits or not as this is the reason of the post. If anybody with more experience could help me out this would be greatly appreciated.

It’s an alt. Can’t remember my password as I usually visit on my laptop.

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