Compatibility Question

[Danger Noodle]

currently building a lil' secondary PC to house my 960 which has been gathering dust. wondering if these two types of RAM will work togeather?

currently, the motherboard I have is this:
http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-H61M-S2PV-rev-10#ov
(I believe, its the REV 1.0 one, if anyone knows how to check if its the REV 1.0 or 2.0 let me know)
it currently got a single stick of this RAM in it:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Memory-PC3-10600U-1333MHz-M378B5673FH0-CH9/dp/B00DUGFEH0

I want to know that if I buy this ram will they work togeather to make 6gb, or will there be problems?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/memory-ram/1-gb-or-more/auction-1330840783.htm

Thanks to anyone who can help out

[VVoltor]

Yes should be fine. If the timings are different between them, the slowest will be used. 

 

I'd always recommend getting the same ram already present in the system, but this should work okay if you really want to save a couple of bucks.

[Danger Noodle]

@VVoltor I believe they are both 1333MHz (Then again I'm no computer genius), the only major difference between them that I can see is that one is 2gb and the other is 4gb, the motherboard only has 2 slots for RAM so I'm trying to find a cost effective way to have enough ram for some LAN party games, 4gb just doesn't seem like enough to me, I was only really asking because I'm scared that one of them might just simply not work at all, over here in NZ the price of RAM has been high for a while for some reason, anyway with that considered it should be fine right? no dead RAM? 6gb working?

[PineyCreek]

Then the next question is if you're using a 32 bit or 64 bit OS.

[Danger Noodle]

1 minute ago, PineyCreek said:

Then the next question is if you're using a 32 bit or 64 bit OS.

haven't got one for the system yet, but 99% sure ill be getting 64 bit, because 32 has never been good to me.

[PineyCreek]

Just now, Danger Noodle said:

haven't got one for the system yet, but 99% sure ill be getting 64 bit, because 32 has never been good to me.

Well, there's also the memory limitations in a 32 bit OS...

[Danger Noodle]

1 minute ago, PineyCreek said:

Well, there's also the memory limitations in a 32 bit OS...

oh i didn't even know that haha, ill make sure i get a 64 bit OS then, so with a 64 bit OS will the RAM i proposed work correctly

[PineyCreek]

It should.  You can mix and match and as long as the modules meet industry standards then timings and frequency will just find the lowest common thing they can agree on and both run at.  Some boards can be picky though.  You might have to manually define voltages and timings if you mix.  It IS better to get a matched set to reduce the chance of potential annoyances.

 

Easiest thing to do is try it.  Worst thing that will happen is that it will refuse to boot until you take out the other stick.  Worst case scenario, you find a matched set, maybe 4GBx2.

[Danger Noodle]

@PineyCreek alright thanks for your help