3x2GB plus 1x4GB ram. Will it work?

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petegrind

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Sorry for the noobish question but I have an EVGA P55 SLI E655 mobo that currently has 3x2GB Kingston HyperX 1333mhz (with the giant blue heatspreaders) in it. There's an open slot and I was thinking about buying a single 4GB module to join the party. Will this work? My current ram modules are getting pretty old, would I have to find the exact same series or would something like this suffice?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/432553/HyperX_Blu_Serties_4GB_DDR3-1600_%28PC3-12800%29_CL10_Desktop_Memory

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Pete
 
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At least try to get as close as you can=same maker/speed/latency's and voltage.I wouldn't pick the one in your first post,it already works on cas latency 10 and probably gives problems because of that.
Look at ram like this,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/kingston-memory-khx1333c9d3b12g%2Ckingston-memory-khx1333c9d3b1k24g/
one is a set of 2x2,but is almost as expensive as the 1x2 module.In that case could you at least put the same ram per channel.
Maybe look for yourself better at the shops available,the partpicker might not have all in it's database.
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You're probably running single channel right now or a dualchannel with a separate single channel which would take performance down a little.
I would just get another 2gb stick and make the ram run dualchannel.
I also would try to get the same ram if possible.
 
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petegrind

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Cool, thanks brotha!

 
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Yeah I was thinking about just doing that. The problem is I can't find the exact same sticks anywhere. I think mine are from 2011. They still make the HyperX Blu series but they don't have the same gigantic heat spreaders. You think that's close enough? I mean if it's the same speed/cl then the heat spreaders shouldn't really matter at all, right?

 
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At least try to get as close as you can=same maker/speed/latency's and voltage.I wouldn't pick the one in your first post,it already works on cas latency 10 and probably gives problems because of that.
Look at ram like this,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/kingston-memory-khx1333c9d3b12g%2Ckingston-memory-khx1333c9d3b1k24g/
one is a set of 2x2,but is almost as expensive as the 1x2 module.In that case could you at least put the same ram per channel.
Maybe look for yourself better at the shops available,the partpicker might not have all in it's database.
 
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Can try, there's no guarantees mixed sticks will play together, any time you mix DRAM it can be and often is problematic, if you do try and have any problems, give me a shout, good possibility some minor timing/voltage adjustments will get they to play together
 
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