Ram Upgrade

[LukeNik]

Hi there, I'm just wondering if I have a 16GB(Dual Channel Kit) or DDR3 ram running at 1866mhz and I add Another 16Gb running at 1600mhz If I under clock the 1866 Ram to 1600 if both ram kits will work together to allow me to have 32GB of Ram

[Electronics Wizardy]

It will give you 32gb at 1600

[Skiiwee29]

26 minutes ago, LukeNik said:

Hi there, I'm just wondering if I have a 16GB(Dual Channel Kit) or DDR3 ram running at 1866mhz and I add Another 16Gb running at 1600mhz If I under clock the 1866 Ram to 1600 if both ram kits will work together to allow me to have 32GB of Ram

 

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

It will give you 32gb at 1600

It "should" but unless you buy them as a full on kit that are factory tested by the manufacture to guarantee they will work, there is a possibility they wont like each other and may not play nice. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, legacy99 said:

 

It "should" but unless you buy them as a full on kit that are factory tested by the manufacture to guarantee they will work, there is a possibility they wont like each other and may not play nice. 

I have mixed tons of different rams stick in lots of systems and they work fine. It will workn just fine mixing sticks.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

I have mixed tons of different rams stick in lots of systems and they work fine. It will workn just fine mixing sticks.

Yes, 99/100 times you will be fine, but there is always that 1% in the back lurking to be cautious of. 

[Zyndo]

Its VERY probable that you will get 32GB at 1600Mhz like Wizardy said. Thats how it works almost all of the time. However in very rare circumstances they can be incompatible with each other for no apparent reason. If possible try to get the same model of RAM when mixing kits to reduce this risk.

But realistically, yes, that should work fine.

[LukeNik]

I put in the ram sticks and all i got is a beeping noise coming from my PC and I couldn't get it to boot into bios