Mixing RAM size

[Benny867]

I have a Asus Z97-AR motherboard with 2x Kingston hyperX Fury 4gb 1866Mhz.

Is it possible to put in 1 or 2 extra RAM sticks, 8gb large (same frequenzy).

And if so, should i buy 1 or two of those sticks? (Preferebly only 1 for me, cuase of my budget)

[GalacticRuler]

I have a Asus Z97-AR motherboard with 2x Kingston hyperX Fury 4gb 1866Mhz.

Is it possible to put in 1 or 2 extra RAM sticks, 8gb large (same frequenzy).

And if so, should i buy 1 or two of those sticks? (Preferebly only 1 for me, cuase of my budget)

Do they have the same voltages, latencies, and timings?

[Benny867]

Do they have the same voltages, latencies, and timings?

Excactly the same, only twice the size

[Chris_R.]

Typically I'd say stick to even #'s are best, but I know by my computer right now it can be stable (Running 10GB ram)

 

I'd say be careful and don't expect a lot.

 

It depends on if you feel like gambling. You could buy that stick and it may work. You could buy that stick and totally waste your money. {Or you could save your money and buy a quality kit or something)

 

Also same speeds are generally important.

[GalacticRuler]

Excactly the same, only twice the size

It depends on the motherboard and your luck. some mobos can be very sensitive to different sized RAM and can BSOD.

[manikyath]

the less equal they are, the more chance you have of running into problems.

 

its 99% probably fine tho.

 

but i'd suggest whatever you buy, buy two sticks so you keep your dual channel.

[Benny867]

the less equal they are, the more chance you have of running into problems.

 

its 99% probably fine tho.

 

but i'd suggest whatever you buy, buy two sticks so you keep your dual channel.

Thanks, i will do that!

[Benny867]

But will the size make difference?

[AresKrieger]

But will the size make difference?

It shoudn't just make sure your motherboard doesn't have any weird issues reported with ram, otherwise you should be fine as many people run 12 gig ram setups (along with other non channeled setups)

[Boink]

You can mix and match RAM all you want, it will just all run at the speed of the slowest DIMM and the latency of the highest DIMM. You should only run into problems if you have a really picky motherboard which is rare to find.