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Upgrading my ram (XMS3)

kieran_Austin
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Hello everyone, i am in the process of upgrading my pc that i use for gaming and also computer science work for uni. i have decided to get a Xeon E3 1231v3 and a MSI Z87 motherboard. i have a R9 280 4GB and currently only two 1TB HDD. I want to add a SSD for booting and some games. and i want to upgrade my ram.

I have 2 x 4GB XMS3 DDR3 ram sticks. i was wondering if i could add 2 x 8GB XMS3 sticks to bring the memory up to 24GB. would this work or would it be a better idea to just get another 2 x 4GB XMS3 sticks to get 16GB ram.

Thank you for reading and helping,

Kieran Austin 

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As far as I know, you have to have the same RAM all around, so you would need  2 x 4GB XMS3 sticks.

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CPU: i5 6600k GPU: Asus Strix 1070 RAM: 16 GB of Corsair LPX CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 Motherboard:  Asus Z170I Pro Gaming Storage: Adata Sp550 120 GB and WD Black 3 TB Case: NZXT Manta Power Supply: EVGA 550 GS Monitors: 2 LG 25UM58-P Ultrawides Keyboard: Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid-i Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB

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yeah, it'll work fine either way. Since z87 doesn't support quad channel, there's no reason not to get 24 gb instead of 16

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