Upgrading RAM

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

I already have 8GB of RAM in system, and am looking to upgrade to 16GB. Is possible to simply add another 8GB stick of RAM to my free DIMM slot, and have it work without having to do anything else?

 

Also, is there any tips you have when upgrading RAM?

 

Motherboard: Asus H81m Plus

CPU: i5 4570

Current RAM: Single 8GB stick of Kingston DDR3 1600MHz

[TrigrH]

3 minutes ago, GiGeorgiePie said:

and have it work without having to do anything else?

probably

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Also, is there any tips for upgrading RAM?

 get the same kind

post ur motherboard model here

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

1 minute ago, TrigrH said:

probably

 get the same kind

post ur motherboard model here

My motherboard is the Asus H81m Plus

[Carlos1010]

How many RAM sticks do you have to make that 8gb? Also what speed are the running at and are they DDR4 or DDR3?

[Simon771]

Yeah it's that simple.

It would be ideal to find the exact same RAM on the market and buy it.

 

Otherwise you just need to find RAM stick that have similiar voltages, timings and frequency.

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Carlos1010 said:

How many RAM sticks do you have to make that 8gb? Also what speed are the running at and are they DDR4 or DDR3?

I currently have a single 8GB stick of Crucial DDR3 1600MHz

[bgibbz]

Just buy another identical kit of ram and add it in. It's very plug and play; simply power off the computer, install the ram, and power it back on and your all set. 

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

Just now, bgibbz said:

Just buy another identical kit of ram and add it in. It's very plug and play; simply power off the computer, install the ram, and power it back on and your all set. 

Cool, thanks

[Guest]

1 minute ago, GiGeorgiePie said:

My motherboard is the Asus H81m Plus

I have the h81m-e and planning to do the same too, just add another ddr3 and should be fine. get one with similar specs to be safe (same voltage, speed, timing, frequency, color, size, look, price, oh god)

[TrigrH]

Just now, GiGeorgiePie said:

I currently have a single 8GB stick of DDR3 1600MHz

2 x DIMM, Max. 16GB, DDR3 1600/1333/1066 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory 

 

16gb is supported so, look at ur current ram module and get the same one.

[Vinod Bahadur Thapa]

You can go ahead and upgrade ur RAM .. But check the model number and  frequency of RAM.. Done ..   

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Yeah it's that simple.

It would be ideal to find the exact same RAM on the market and buy it.

 

Otherwise you just need to find RAM stick that have similiar voltages, timings and frequency.

Thanks

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

9 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I have the h81m-e and planning to do the same too, just add another ddr3 and should be fine. get one with similar specs to be safe (same voltage, speed, timing, frequency, color, size, look, price, oh god)

Will do, thanks

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

9 minutes ago, Vinod Bahadur Thapa said:

You can go ahead and upgrade ur RAM .. But check the model number and  frequency of RAM.. Done ..   

Ok, thanks

[CaptainSav916]

frequency aka latency. look on the sticker on the back of your RAM, it should have a (x should be numbers) X-X-X-X

for example, mine is 10-11-10-27

[LogicalDrm]

CL number is actually what is main issue. Like with my upgrade where I had RipjawX 2133 CL9 in place and I tried to just add HyperX Fury 1600 CL10 there. Didn't boot. Switched Fury as first and booted once with it before adding Ripjaw. And now its running fine.

[sulav1995]

Depends on whether you have a single channel or dual channel RAM. How many sticks are you using currently?

[Top-Hat Meerkat]

18 minutes ago, sulav1995 said:

Depends on whether you have a single channel or dual channel RAM. How many sticks are you using currently?

I am using one stick of RAM currently.

[LogicalDrm]

6 hours ago, sulav1995 said:

Depends on whether you have a single channel or dual channel RAM. How many sticks are you using currently?

How does that matter exactly? There's really little difference between single channel and dual channel so that you would notice it in normal use. Only if mobo is picky about how RAM sticks are configured should matter. I have older PC using 3 sticks of RAM, all of them different specs. One was supposed to be dead even.