Mixing Ram Question

[MrBigD1409]

Hi all guys, i was wondering if its possible to mix 2 pair or RAMs, right now im running with corsair vengeance 2x8GB 3200mhz and i have 1 stick of 8gb from ballistix rated at 2400mhz and was wondering if it would work by mixing the rams since i kinda need some more memory and i had this stick of ram laying around.

[Noble3212]

Just now, MrBigD1409 said:

Hi all guys, i was wondering if its possible to mix 2 pair or RAMs, right now im running with corsair vengeance 2x8GB 3200mhz and i have 1 stick of 8gb from ballistix rated at 2400mhz and was wondering if it would work by mixing the rams since i kinda need some more memory and i had this stick of ram laying around.

Just don't. It probably won't work

[MrBigD1409]

1 minute ago, Noble3212 said:

Just don't. It probably won't work

but ive seen linus video and he was saying that it would work

[Lord Szechenyi]

2 minutes ago, MrBigD1409 said:

Hi all guys, i was wondering if its possible to mix 2 pair or RAMs, right now im running with corsair vengeance 2x8GB 3200mhz and i have 1 stick of 8gb from ballistix rated at 2400mhz and was wondering if it would work by mixing the rams since i kinda need some more memory and i had this stick of ram laying around.

It will probably work, but you might be limited to 2400mhz for all the ram.

[MrBigD1409]

Just now, Lord Szechenyi said:

It will probably work, but you might be limited to 2400mhz for all the ram.

i dont mind as long as it works 

[Lord Szechenyi]

Just now, MrBigD1409 said:

i dont mind as long as it works 

If it doesn't work then the RAM is faulty, there's no reason it shouldn't work.

[MrBigD1409]

Just now, Lord Szechenyi said:

If it doesn't work then the RAM is faulty, there's no reason it shouldn't work.

last time i had them on my old setup they were working perfectly fine so i assume they work xD

[MonkeyBomb]

9 minutes ago, MrBigD1409 said:

Hi all guys, i was wondering if its possible to mix 2 pair or RAMs, right now im running with corsair vengeance 2x8GB 3200mhz and i have 1 stick of 8gb from ballistix rated at 2400mhz and was wondering if it would work by mixing the rams since i kinda need some more memory and i had this stick of ram laying around.

You currently have 2 x 8GB sticks and want to install 1 more 8GB stick?  It'll probably work, might need some voltage tweaks, but your ram would no longer be in dual channel mode.

[Lord Szechenyi]

1 minute ago, MonkeyBomb said:

might need some voltage tweaks, but your ram would no longer be in dual channel mode.

It would still be in Multichannel mode, so not really a problem

 

 

I doubt the voltage needs tweaking if he's running the RAM out of the box (I.E without XMP or the AMD equivalent)

[MrBigD1409]

2 minutes ago, MonkeyBomb said:

You currently have 2 x 8GB sticks and want to install 1 more 8GB stick?  It'll probably work, might need some voltage tweaks, but your ram would no longer be in dual channel mode.

why wouldnt it be on dual channel mode currently the corsair vengeance 2x8GB are on A1 and A2 and im going to install the 1 stick of ballistix on the B1 channel since my mobo has 4 ram slots

[MrBigD1409]

30 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

It would still be in Multichannel mode, so not really a problem

 

 

I doubt the voltage needs tweaking if he's running the RAM out of the box (I.E without XMP or the AMD equivalent)

are the settings good it got recognized

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[Lord Szechenyi]

4 hours ago, MrBigD1409 said:

are the settings good it got recognized

The 2 corsair sticks should be running at 2400mhz...

[MrBigD1409]

13 hours ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

The 2 corsair sticks should be running at 2400mhz...

on the advanced tab i setted them to 2400mhz maybe i forgot to save the settings, thanks a lot for the help anyway