Extra Corsair Ram?

Foreshadower · Jul 30, 2014

Hey guys, so I recently purchased a PC, It has an Amd fx 6300 processor, a Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 mobo, 1 x 8gb of corsair vengeance RAM and an Nvidia Gtx 750 ti 2gb.

I happen to have 2 x 4gb of Corsair Vengeance RAM lying around and I was wondering if I can/should put it inside my new PC along with the 1x8gb so I would have 16gb? I was hesitant because 3 sticks of ram is a little unordinary isn't it?

faalin · Jul 30, 2014

just leave it alone. Mixing ram is not a good idea and can cause problems, you could swap out the 1 stick for 2x4gb to give you dual channel but you most likely will not notice any difference in the real world.

Foreshadower · Jul 30, 2014

faalin :

Will I when gaming? if it's no big deal then I'll leave it, I'm too lazy, but I remember reading somewhere that when gaming, amd hate single channel and can lower fps dramatically, I could be wrong of course.

gaborbarla · Jul 30, 2014

If you put the 2x8 in a separate memory bank, then they should be treated separately. It wont really interfere with your 8 gig stick.
You 8 gig is already not running in dual channel mode because it is alone, and if you put the other 2 into the separate bank then I don't think they will cause any problems or slowdowns and you should have more RAM. I would try it and see.

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