RAM Compatibility? Please Help

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imBlu

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I will soon be building my first gaming rig, but I am on a tight budget so I am looking at 4GB RAM, probably this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220775

I was wondering if, in the future, after I finish the rig, would I be able to buy another 4GB stick of the same type and add it to have dual channel 8GB? If it matters, my specs would be:

Motherboard: ASUS H87M-E
Processor: i5-4570 3.2 GHz
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 760 Gaming Edition
RAM: 4GB Patriot Viper

I highly doubt the other stuff (PSU/case/etc) matters very much in a memory situation.

Thanks, please respond,
 
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Highly doubtful, no one "needs" a k version, because not everyone wants to overclock, then it's senseless money waste 4570 is still a respectable CPU, it hardly needs to be the best all the time.

and to the OP, you can do that, but have you checked the prices on 2x4gb sticks? most of them are the same price where I am to the single sticks, give or take maybe a third of the price.
 
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imBlu

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Well, I'm not really interested in overclocking (at least, not yet) but....let me just try to restate my question.

I really don't like AMD processors and I pretty much need an Intel processor <$210 or so. So I can't really afford 8GB now, so I get 4GB. In the future I decide that I need 8GB. Could I just plug in another 4GB stick of the same type or would I have to toss out the 4GB and get an 8GB stick or pair?
 
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drtoast

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sure you can, just that unless you get the same specs and model + brand, there is a chance they wont work, I tried to to this with this old pc, but by the time i could get the second stick, i couldnt get the same model anymore. And it just didnt want to work with a different model, even though theoretically it should, so i had to buy a new pair.
 
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