Mixing Memory capacities

[Meridian Prime]

Hello all, I had a quick question about mixing memory capacities between the same brand and CL memory kits. Right now I am using a 16 GB kit of 3200 MHz CL 16 Corsair Vengeance Pro memory. I am looking to upgrade to 64 GB total but for now was hoping to pick up 32 GB to fill the two empty DIMM slots. I came across some conflicting or confusing info when researching, though, and thought I would ask here for clarification.

Are there any draw backs to purchasing two identical kits of two stick pairs rather than a 4 stick kit? IE: two kits of 2x16 GB sticks rather than one kit of 4x16 GB.

Much thanks for any insight anyone can provide.

For reference the rest of my build is:
Z590 Aorus Pro AX
i7-11700k
no graphics card yet

[LTT_fanboy]

11 minutes ago, Meridian Prime said:

Hello all, I had a quick question about mixing memory capacities between the same brand and CL memory kits. Right now I am using a 16 GB kit of 3200 MHz CL 16 Corsair Vengeance Pro memory. I am looking to upgrade to 64 GB total but for now was hoping to pick up 32 GB to fill the two empty DIMM slots. I came across some conflicting or confusing info when researching, though, and thought I would ask here for clarification.

Is there any draw backs to purchasing two identical kits of two stick pairs rather than a 4 stick kit? IE: two kits of 2x32 GB sticks rather than one kit of 4x16 GB.

Much thanks for any insight anyone can provide.

For reference the rest of my build is:
Z590 Aorus Pro AX
i7-11700k
no graphics card yet

You can use memory modules of different speeds as long as they are faster than those specified for your computer. It is recommended to use modules of the same speed as those already installed in your system. If you do mix speeds, the modules will all run at the speed of your slowest modules.

 

 

https://integralmemory.com/faq/can-i-mix-different-dram-memory-speeds#:~:text=You can use memory modules,speed of your slowest modules.

[Meridian Prime]

14 hours ago, LTT_fanboy said:

You can use memory modules of different speeds as long as they are faster than those specified for your computer. It is recommended to use modules of the same speed as those already installed in your system. If you do mix speeds, the modules will all run at the speed of your slowest modules.

 

 

https://integralmemory.com/faq/can-i-mix-different-dram-memory-speeds#:~:text=You can use memory modules,speed of your slowest modules.

Okay great, thank you! I've heard somewhere that it may be better to have a set sold as 4 sticks rather than two of the same 2 stick sets is there any truth to that, or is it just baseless speculation?