Can I use two 4GB RAM sticks and two 8GB sticks at the same time?

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philbro

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I am looking to upgrade my ram a bit and have the money to upgrade it with 16 gigs but not enough to replace the two 4's. Will this work as long as they are the same Voltage, Cas Latency, MHz and same model/brand?
 
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I am in the middle of a build right now with a n ASUS motherboard, it currently has two 4gb DDR3 1600 sticks with 4 DIMMS. Waiting on two 8gb DDR3 1600 sticks to arrive in the mail. You can download the manual on your motherboard from the ASUS website. On my motherboard each DIMM can support up to an 8 Gb card. I believe in the manual (not sure where I have it now) but I remember something about the larger (8gb) sticks should be in the first A1 and A2 slots. and the smaller (4Gb) sticks in the B1 and B2 slots. 8 gb in slot 1 and 3, and then
4 gb in slots 2 and 4.. On my motherboard the DIMM slots are dark blue and light blue. Basically you want the colors to match for each 8 gb (dark blue DIMM) and then the colors should match for each 4gb stick (light blue).
 
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In his case is more likely to have the two 8gb'sticks in A1+B1 (red) and 4gb sticks in A2+B2(black),This is right.
 
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