Mixing RAM brands? :O

Trinius · Sep 7, 2013

I have a desktop with 2x 4gb PNY Optima sticks (linked below) and I was wondering if there was another cheaper alternative to upgrade to 16gb total.
Is there any way I could mix brands?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Optima+4GB+DDR3+SDRAM+Memory+Module/4133086.p?id=1218456969966&skuId=4133086&st=RAM&cp=1&lp=11#tab=specifications

Tradesman1 · Sep 8, 2013

First off, any time you mix sets of sticks, even of the same brand, it can be problematic, so it's not something I recommend doing, that being said - with 1333 and even 1600 sticks chances are good they'll play together, if you do go this route and have problems, give me a shout, have a ton of experience in helping folks that have mixed sets

NathanRx · Sep 8, 2013

+1 on problematic,
if you keep your latencies, and mhz the same you should probably get away with it, but I probably wouldn't recommend it

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