Will 1 Ram stick work?

Robhao

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Hi everyone, so I'm building a new PC and I already bought my components and just waiting for my GPU to arrive, anyway, I only bought 1 stick of 8 GB Ram Kingston HyperX Blu 1600 mhz, and I own the MSI Z87 MPOWER motherboard. I have been reading and reading and I heard people mentioning dual channel ram using 2 sticks. Now my question is, will only one stick work? I was originally planning to buy 2x 4 GB but they only had one, so I bought an 8 GB instead. Will it work?

Aditional question, if I want to do dual channel later on, will it work if I had different brands but same speed and capacity Ram sticks? I.e. Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB 1600 mhz + Corsair Vengeance 8 GB 1600 mhz?

Thank you for taking your time and reading.
 
Solution
Yes it will work. Mixing ram can be an issue so if you add one later it is really recommended to do the exact same since there can be issues although often it works.

Robhao

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Thank you all for your replies, performance isn't my main concern for now, but until then I will surely get the second Ram stick. Since all replies are pretty much the same I will go for the one who answered my additional question.

Thank you all again!!