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I have a motherboard that supports DDR3-1333/1600/1866 RAM. Could I put two DDR3-2133 sticks in the machine and just have it perform at a lower speed, or would this not work? The RAM currently in the machine is two 4 GB DDR3-1600 sticks, and I was looking to buy more to add on to this. Should I buy two more 4 GB sticks that are the same speed (1600), or would it be okay to exceed this and have the other sticks perform at 1866? Sorry if that's complex, but I hope you understand what I mean. In the end, I'm looking to upgrade to 16 GB of RAM total. Thanks!
 
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Mixing different types of RAM is not a good idea and may not work at all. Just make sure they are all the same model. As for running 2133 in it, I don't know if it will work, but assuming it does boot, I would think you could back them down in the BIOS to run at 1600. Honestly, I'd say don't waste your money on anything over 1600, particularly on an Intel build.
 
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Okay, so if I were to get the DDR3-2133 sticks, would they still work and just perform at a lower speed since the MB only supports up to 1866 (as stated under the "Memory Upgrade information" section)?

Thanks for the help! :ange:
 
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