RAM future upgradibilty

[Totally Not Woojin]

So later I ant to expand my 16gb ram to 32 gb, what I want to know is can I just add two more 8gb sticks or so I have to replace my two 8gb sticks with two 16gb sticks? Thanks.

 

My CPU is the Intel I7 8700k

[Lurick]

That depends on your motherboard. If it has 4 slots then you can just add two more 8GB sticks.

[Totally Not Woojin]

Just now, Lurick said:

That depends on your motherboard. If it has 4 slots then you can just add two more 8GB sticks.

It has 4 slots

[EarthWormJM2]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

That depends on your motherboard. If it has 4 slots then you can just add two more 8GB sticks.

Just make sure the additional sticks are the same speed otherwise the faster RAM will downclock to the slower RAMs speed

[Totally Not Woojin]

Just now, EarthWormJM2 said:

Just make sure the additional sticks are the same speed otherwise the faster RAM will downclock to the slower RAMs speed

Ok, I planned to use the same exact ram as my other two anyway, but thanks for the information 

[Totally Not Woojin]

1 minute ago, EarthWormJM2 said:

Just make sure the additional sticks are the same speed otherwise the faster RAM will downclock to the slower RAMs speed

 

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

That depends on your motherboard. If it has 4 slots then you can just add two more 8GB sticks.

But I read on sources that my I7 8700k only supports up to two ram sticks, is this true?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Totally Not Woojin said:

 

But I read on sources that my I7 8700k only supports up to two ram sticks, is this true?

That's complete bullocks

[EarthWormJM2]

Just now, Totally Not Woojin said:

 

But I read on sources that my I7 8700k only supports up to two ram sticks, is this true?

Not in the slightest. It depends on the motherboard.

[Christophe Corazza]

7 minutes ago, Totally Not Woojin said:

So later I ant to expand my 16gb ram to 32 gb, what I want to know is can I just add two more 8gb sticks or so I have to replace my two 8gb sticks with two 16gb sticks? Thanks.

 

My CPU is the Intel I7 8700k

 

Get yourself two 8 GB RAM modules with a clock speed of something like 3000 MHz. I wouldn't go any higher than 3200 MHz if you are mainly playing games.

If your motherboard has 4 or more RAM slots, you can simply add more RAM in the future. Make sure those future RAM modules have the same clock speed as your current ones, since your computer will run at the RAM speed of the slowest RAM module in your system.

[Totally Not Woojin]

On 6/21/2018 at 4:50 PM, Christophe Corazza said:

 

Get yourself two 8 GB RAM modules with a clock speed of something like 3000 MHz. I wouldn't go any higher than 3200 MHz if you are mainly playing games.

If your motherboard has 4 or more RAM slots, you can simply add more RAM in the future. Make sure those future RAM modules have the same clock speed as your current ones, since your computer will run at the RAM speed of the slowest RAM module in your system.

Final question, so can I get two 16 gb modules and pair them with my 8 gb modules, or is that a no?

[Christophe Corazza]

You actually can use memory modules of different sizes, different brands, different voltages, and different CAS latency settings. The system will simply configure both modules to run at settings compatible to both, meaning the slowest frequency, the slowest CAS latency, and the lowest voltage that will allow both modules (or all modules) to run stably.

It is certainly preferable to use RAM modules with the same speed, size, brand, and CAS latency settings.

[Totally Not Woojin]

Ok thanks

[Christophe Corazza]

2 minutes ago, Totally Not Woojin said:

Ok thanks

 

Good luck with your future build