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Can i put it in any open slot or do i have to find in the manual which slot should be accupied first?

 

Any open slot.

 

Just remember that if you add ram that is slower than the other ram or faster than the other ram, it will all run at the speed of the slowest dimm.

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Hey guys.

I have a question. My motherboard is Gigabyte Z68ap-d3. I have 4 ram slots and 2 of them are occupied by 4GB Kingston HyperX 1600mhz sticks that are running at 1333 because my CPU doesn't support more.

My question is: Can i put in 1 stick of 2GB Patriot 1333mhz ram? Will it work and more important: is it going to damage anything?

Thanks

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Can i put it in any open slot or do i have to find in the manual which slot should be accupied first?

 

Any open slot.

 

Just remember that if you add ram that is slower than the other ram or faster than the other ram, it will all run at the speed of the slowest dimm.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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