Diffrent Brand RAM

[SPAS-ID]

can i put Diffrent Brand RAM on a single System ? iam using Corsair Vengeance 2X4GB 1600 9-9-9-24 and iam planning to use Avexir Raiden 2X4GB 1600 9-9-9-24

[Oshino Shinobu]

Technically, yes. However,, even identical specs aren't guaranteed to work together if they're not from the same kit.

[kameshss]

Yeah, it should work. Technically.

[manikyath]

it *should* work, but mixing is always a bit hit and miss.

[OAcesync]

It's a safer bet to just buy the same kit as mix and matches aren't guaranteed to work even if it's identical specs

[Blebekblebek]

Does anyone actually ever have incompatibility with ram nowdays?

 

I mix lots of ram, from different brand, different chipset, and completely different spek since DDR2 and never have problems even with no name brand.

When something wrong with it, usually it's because the stick is defective, and with lifetime warranty it makes my live easier, when I got my RAM back it works again.

 

RAM currently that I use

 

8+2, 8GB use 1.5v, and 2GB use 1.35v

not only it working just fine, dual channel also activated.

 

at the worst case of incompatible it's because the stick running with non standard speed (like 1866/2400 and higher), and usually easily fixed by set speed ram to standard or CPU Fsb (200/400/800/1066/1333/1600mhz)

 

and the 2nd worst case and common problem when all slots are filled usually they need to be run at lower speed from 1600 to 1333/1066.

[rjfaber91]

Mixing RAM is absolutely fine. You can mix different brands, different speeds, different latencies, different everything. As long as it's the same generation of memory (as if that's a surprise), and you're not trying to run the different sticks in dual- or quad-channel, you'll be perfectly fine. The motherboard will automatically set all sticks to run at the lowest common denominator of clock speed and latencies, however, so there's little point in augmenting a slow kit of RAM with a faster kit, as the faster kit will be throttled back to match the slower kit.