RAM futureproofness

[Krik00]

So I was thinking of getting Corsair Vengeance LED 2x8 GB RAM. And here comes the thing; Will I be able to buy same pair again in the future and connect four sticks in total an the same time? 

[79wjd]

Yes. You can buy ANY other RAM in the future and it will work. 

[Imakuni]

Just now, 4kliksphilip said:

So I was thinking of getting Corsair Vengeance LED 2x8 GB RAM. And here comes the thing; Will I be able to buy same pair again in the future and connect four sticks in total an the same time? 

The used market always has stuff for you.

 

Though to be fair, I don't see 32gbs being needed anytime soon...

[79wjd]

3 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Though to be fair, I don't see 32gbs being needed anytime soon...

That depends on your use case. My Mac is constantly sitting at 16gb of RAM (10 video tabs, another 15 regular main tabs, another 4-8 tabs related to specific projects, 1 linux vm, steam/itunes/imessage). 

 

The usage is partly due to a memory leak (when I relaunch everything it sits around 13gb), but the fact remains that I can't restart everything constantly and I'm pushing up against the wall as it is. 

[Imakuni]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

That depends on your use case. My Mac is constantly sitting at 16gb of RAM (10 video tabs, another 15 regular main tabs, another 4-8 tabs related to specific projects, 1 linux vm, steam/itunes/imessage). 

Agreed, depends on what you do. But I'd bet this is a "if you need to ask, this doesn't concern you" kinda of topic.

[Oshino Shinobu]

10 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Yes. You can buy ANY other RAM in the future and it will work. 

Not any other RAM would work. There's various things to take into consideration for compatibility such as DDR version, ECC/Non-ECC, Buffered/UnBuffered. 

 

Even if we assume it's the same DDR version, same level of ECC and both buffered or unbuffered, there's no certainty RAM will work together unless they come from the same kit. Even exact same SKUs from different kits can have issues working together. 

 

As long as they're more or less the same, any other kit can work, but it's not a matter of "will" work. I've had RAM that's exactly the same but comes from different kits (ie. One 2x4GB kit of X RAM combined with another kit of 2x4GB X RAM) that didn't work together. That said, as long as the specs are at least similar, it will work most of the time, but it's never certain unless they're from the same kit. 

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Not any other RAM would work. There's various things to take into consideration for compatibility such as DDR version, ECC/Non-ECC, Buffered/UnBuffered. 

 

Even if we assume it's the same DDR version, same level of ECC and both buffered or unbuffered, there's no certainty RAM will work together unless they come from the same kit. Even exact same SKUs from different kits can have issues working together. 

 

As long as they're more or less the same, any other kit can work, but it's not a matter of "will" work. I've had RAM that's exactly the same but comes from different kits (ie. One 2x4GB kit of X RAM combined with another kit of 2x4GB X RAM) that didn't work together. 

Obviously he would need to buy compatible RAM....That's kind of a given. 

 

The likelihood of RAM from different kits not working is practically zero, the reason it is recommended to buy RAM in kits is generally because there is no reason not to more than that there is a specific reason to. Sure, the possibility of multiple kits not working together does exist, but it's a statistically irrelevant percentage that have issues.

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Obviously he would need to buy compatible RAM....That's kind of a given. 

 

The likelihood of RAM from different kits not working is practically zero, the reason it is recommended to buy RAM in kits is generally because there is no reason not to more than that there is a specific reason to. Sure, the possibility of multiple kits not working together does exist, but it's a statistically irrelevant percentage that have issues.

I edited my post to mention some of that. The chance is unlikely, but it's definitely there. I've experienced it myself. 

 

But yeah. match the specs and OP will most likely be fine. 

[79wjd]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

I edited my post to mention some of that. The chance is unlikely, but it's definitely there. I've experienced it myself. 

 

But yeah. match the specs and OP will most likely be fine. 

Even if they're from the same kit it's not certain, there is the rare case where even modules in the same kit have incompatibilities -- which is why I tend to ignore even the slight possibiltiy that modules from different kits won't work together since the same possibility (albeit it's a bit lower) does exist within a kit as well. 

[Krik00]

Okay, thanks. I am considering it, because I use ram a lot, currently at 8 gb and it is clearly not enough. However, I was considering it 60/40 (60 for aesthetics + 40 for efficiency)