4 single ram modules? possible or asking for trouble

DizzyA · Dec 2, 2013

I'm about to purchase some ram for my system having to previously rely on old ram (Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066MHz Memory Non-ECC CL7 1.5V) my budget is is £70-100 at the moment hoping to spend £70 leaving some extra for cooling fan or something...

I want to purchase http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008E3M4TU/?tag=pcp0f-21, but am worried for future purchases having read many threads stating buy ram kits.
I want to by the end of next year have 32GB installed, purchasing 1x8 each time of the same item...

Is this future proof or am i asking for loads of trouble? (I know many are against 32GB in a system calling it a waste but I'v always intended to max out my system bit by bit)

My system is Asus Z87 gryphon (dual channel) http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/GRYPHON_Z87/, cpu 4670K (stock cooler), windows 7 64bit.

Thank you in advance (as I know many ask similar question to this... )

Tradesman1 · Dec 2, 2013

Best to buy all in a single package, and there's nothing wrong with 32GB, plenty of folks run that and more, I have a number of clients that do, and I do in all my main rigs. If strictly gaming of course, it's overkill, but there's all kinds of things you can do with your DRAM

DizzyA · Dec 2, 2013

Thank you for your reply, are you saying what I'm trying to do won't work and its a risk?

Tradesman1 · Dec 2, 2013

It might work, but chances are also good it won't, tolerances are so tight on DRAM that's why there's such a variety of packages, the sticks are tested to work together, XMP programming is also by the packaged set, advanced timings change as more sticks used - i.e. a two stick set may require a tRFC advanced timing of 128 while 4 sticks may need 171 or better

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