Mix matching RAM.

[l11h]

Hi,

 

I currently have an AMD APU (Trinity) system. It has 8GB RAM in there which is 2 x 4GB. 

 

My friend's system broke down and he gave me his 16GB Ram which is 2 x 8GB. My RAM and his RAM are same series of Corsair RAM. I was thinking if I could just put in the 16GB in the system to have 24GB in total? 

 

My friend want's to buy Dominator RAM and has nothing to do with the 16GB lol. 

 

Hope you could help. 

 

thanks

[virusal19]

Mixing different batches of RAM is not recommended. It will most likely cause more problems than the benefits are worth. 

[TechTheWorld]

Mixing different batches of RAM is not recommended. It will most likely cause more problems than the benefits are worth. 

I have mixed matched ram in my parents PC....no problems yet.

[l11h]

The ram itself will be the same, it's the same series, the only difference is the sizes, where 2 are 4GB modules, and the other 2 are 8GB modules. I was thinking if it would work? 

[Nit3Rid3R]

Nah, you won't have any problems with it. I've mixed match Kingston with G.Skill memory, different modules of ram, it will still work, just make sure you put them in the right slots. So the 4GB ones in DIMM A, and the 8GB ones in DIMM B, or vice versa. 

[That Norwegian Guy]

Nah, you won't have any problems with it. I've mixed match Kingston with G.Skill memory, different modules of ram, it will still work, just make sure you put them in the right slots. So the 4GB ones in DIMM A, and the 8GB ones in DIMM B, or vice versa. 

 

Not even that matters a lot, channel matching is one of the biggest performance myths that are still widely believed.

[l11h]

i see, thanks for all your help, just wanted to confirm that I could have different size modules, I didn't want to put in different size module and find that it doesn't work lol. 

[virusal19]

I have mixed matched ram in my parents PC....no problems yet.

 

I wouldn't know, never mixed RAM before. Just something I've heard.

[TechTheWorld]

Ye you should not have any problems. BUt if you do make sure to let us know!

[g2gcrazzyy]

If the memory is running at different frequencies or voltages then you might have a problem.

[l11h]

okay got the RAM today, installed and found that the original one was 1333Mhz and the one I got was 1600Mhz, the voltage and everything was same, but it all worked fine, computer detected all of the RAM that I installed, running @ 1333Mhz but it's all there :) No problems at all, did stress testing on the RAM and all seems to work fine

[Youssef Medhat]

don't just use the 16GB and remove your old ram ..  8GB ram sticks  process speed is faster then the 4GB same with the freq.  so the 2x4GB ram sticks will be slowing down the 2x8GB sticks i have tried it before ran tests and am sure of what i am saying =D  

[Youssef Medhat]

okay got the RAM today, installed and found that the original one was 1333Mhz and the one I got was 1600Mhz, the voltage and everything was same, but it all worked fine, computer detected all of the RAM that I installed, running @ 1333Mhz but it's all there :) No problems at all, did stress testing on the RAM and all seems to work fine

remove your 2x4GB and run a speed test ... add them and run the same speed test :D u will find that the 2x4GB sticks are holding the other ram sticks down :D trust me :D

[sonarctica]

I've mix matched my RAM and I'm currently running 12 GB at 1333 MHz past 2 years, no problems so far (:

[legopc]

it will work fine but if you have 2 dimms of lets say 1800mhz and 2 of 1400mhz the 1800 ones will clock there self down or atleast thats what they told me 

[l11h]

remove your 2x4GB and run a speed test ... add them and run the same speed test :D u will find that the 2x4GB sticks are holding the other ram sticks down :D trust me :D

I know what you mean, but i'm looking for more RAM rather than speed. I mean how much would speed even matter in terms of day to day use of computer, i dont do much heavy use. 

 

The reason why i got the total of 24GB Ram is mainly for Virtual Machines, VMWare hypervisor is on there and running virtual machines as it's the only cheap way of doing it rather than buying a machine for each o/s lol. 

 

But yes if I was going to build a day to day gaming machine yes I would make sure all RAM module sizes are the same. 

 

but thanks for ur help

[Youssef Medhat]

I know what you mean, but i'm looking for more RAM rather than speed. I mean how much would speed even matter in terms of day to day use of computer, i dont do much heavy use. 

 

The reason why i got the total of 24GB Ram is mainly for Virtual Machines, VMWare hypervisor is on there and running virtual machines as it's the only cheap way of doing it rather than buying a machine for each o/s lol. 

 

But yes if I was going to build a day to day gaming machine yes I would make sure all RAM module sizes are the same. 

 

but thanks for ur help

ahhh okay :D good point :D 

your welcome bro :D

[UnknownEngineer]

you will only see problems if you are using the APU, the 4 Gb dimms migth slow down the 8 Gb ones. The reason others may not be noticing it is because of dedicated Gpu's the APU is going to benefit from the fast RAM. conclusion unless your memory usage exceeds 16 Gb in games use the 8 Gb dimms only