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"Mixing" two 8GB RAM Kits

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You can mix ram and if you have 4 slots for ram you will be fine and have the 16 GB.  The thing is it will clock down to the lowest speed ram. 

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So right now I have 8GB RAM (2x4GB) sticks. If I were to buy a second 8GB (2x4GB) sticks would that work out to be 16GB total, or would I need to buy a 16GB Kit?

 

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You can mix ram and if you have 4 slots for ram you will be fine and have the 16 GB.  The thing is it will clock down to the lowest speed ram. 

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should be fine as long as your motherboard has 4 slots

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It will work, just make sure they run at the same speed and voltage. 

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It will likely work. Can't be guaranteed though. 

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It will work, just make sure they run at the same speed and voltage. 

@X1XNobleX1X as stated above, it will run at the lowest speed.

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