2 different rams

[mkessler9]

Hi I have 8gb of gskill 1600mhz ram and 8gb of crucial ballistix memory at 1600mhz. The ballistic=x memory runs at a lower voltage then the g skill. Is it possible to run both of these types of ram together? Oh and its dual channel like 2 sticks of g skill and 2 sticks of ballustix 

[Caparo]

I think so if you use the same voltages, but i'm not sure.

[tristan1035]

I THINK it'll work, there may be some slight issue, but it'll PROBABLY work.

[Lil Chillbil]

Most likelyyyyyyy maybe... 

 

 

I would go for it 

[ttam]

Don't run them together.

 

You would have to either undervolt or overvolt one of the pairs.

[mkessler9]

Don't run them together.

 

You would have to either undervolt or overvolt one of the pairs.

I wouldn't mind undervolting one of them as long as I can get 16gb of ram

[Saladin]

i wouldnt do it, in general its better to buy matched sets, also undervolting may cause the ram clock to be unstable

[helping]

I wouldn't mind undervolting one of them as long as I can get 16gb of ram

when you mix ram you end up getting the worst of both since they effectively place limits on each other.

what do you do that needs 16gb so badly?

[amintha1992]

i think you should be fine.

[Nertballs]

i don't think you'd be risking much by doing it, but it definitely isn't recomended. Apparently even using identical RAM that wasn't tested together can even throw up errors. but sure go for it!

[mkessler9]

Ok so I tried it. When I first booted after it my motherboard noticed it and said I had 16gb of ram and autoclocked them all to the same voltage. So then I booted into windows. Windows only noticed 8gb of the 16gb of ram. I then shut down my computer and restarted it then my motherboard only noticed 8gb of ram even though it said there was ram in all the slots. So I took the lower voltage ram out and I'm just gonna buy some more g skill ram and use the ballistic ram in another build.

[Leonard]

Hi I have 8gb of gskill 1600mhz ram and 8gb of crucial ballistix memory at 1600mhz. The ballistic=x memory runs at a lower voltage then the g skill. Is it possible to run both of these types of ram together? Oh and its dual channel like 2 sticks of g skill and 2 sticks of ballustix 

You also need to pay attention to the timings of both kits. They may work with the voltage but the timings are another thing. Timings need to be the same for stability.

[DrainDoc]

Hi I have 8gb of gskill 1600mhz ram and 8gb of crucial ballistix memory at 1600mhz. The ballistic=x memory runs at a lower voltage then the g skill. Is it possible to run both of these types of ram together? Oh and its dual channel like 2 sticks of g skill and 2 sticks of ballustix 

Not a good idea to mix RAM.  :huh:

[Alex780]

sell the G skill set and buy another ballistix set

[mkessler9]

sell the G skill set and buy another ballistix set

PFFFTTT Are you crazy? G skill is wayyyyyyyy better

[mgsstar]

PFFFTTT Are you crazy? G skill is wayyyyyyyy better

G Skill and Crucial are good brands for ram. Ram is ram and they have lifetime warranty (didn't see ram that didn't have lifetime warranty yet) so it doesn't really matter imo.