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RAM compabitly check

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September 24, 2014 1:24:40 PM

I planning to upgrade my Ram. right now my RAM is 8gb.

This is my current RAM :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

and this is what im planning to buy

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

im not sure if its compatible or not and is it the same speed

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September 24, 2014 1:35:28 PM

2*4 is better then 3*4 btw.
and the one you wna buy has a lower clock so your current RAM would be underclocked.
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September 24, 2014 1:35:42 PM

so you should look for another one
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September 24, 2014 1:36:09 PM

you should buy another kit of 2 from the ones you have
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September 24, 2014 1:37:56 PM

if you buy different RAM kits, they will generally be compatible, but they will all run at the slowest speed available.
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September 24, 2014 1:40:29 PM

There is no guarantee that memory modules purchased at different times will be compatible.
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September 24, 2014 1:42:43 PM

I'm assuming you're buying two of those, to give a total of 16GB? If you buy one, your RAM will no longer run in dual channel mode. Also ALL your RAM (i.e. the 1866 stuff) will now run at 1600MHz.
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September 24, 2014 1:44:16 PM

There is also no guarantee that exact modules purchased at different times will work together , but most of the time it's ok.
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September 24, 2014 1:49:38 PM

the best option is to buy the same kit again.
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September 24, 2014 10:33:54 PM

Im only getting 1 to make it 12gb..any recommendation ? but pref same style.
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September 24, 2014 10:47:38 PM

You will lose more performance by running 3 RAM modules i.e. not in dual channel then you will gain from adding another 4GB. Unless you are doing very memory intensive work like uncompressed photo editing in photoshop 8GB is fine. Upgrade only when you can afford another 8gb to keep it dual channel.
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September 24, 2014 10:55:32 PM

I can afford another kit but artic freezer is eating the all the space.
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September 26, 2014 4:45:01 PM

Any answers ??
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September 26, 2014 4:51:48 PM

ah, sorry
I dont know how much clearance you have, but you can take off the coating from those dimms and it might fit. i'll have to take a look at the cooler first though. so could you tell me what the exact model is
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September 27, 2014 7:37:13 PM

here's the pichttp://
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September 27, 2014 7:41:12 PM

what motherboard are you using? from what I can see you onlyhave 2 RAM slots
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October 4, 2014 1:23:07 AM

Is your cooler facing the right direction? It looks like it's at 90 degrees to how they are normally mounted, which would explain why you can't fit four sticks of RAM.
See e.g. http://imgur.com/gallery/PxA7m - that's the same mobo.
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October 12, 2014 7:28:47 AM

honestly it depends on your purposes, If you need the extra ram then go for the 3 sticks. If you are a nut about complete 100% efficiency for your given hardware then do 2 or 4 sticks . Read this thread and the guys post some good answers and links.

Also, all the ram will downclock to lowest ram stick's clock speed, however you can just overclock them all to the equivalent highest ram clock speed. In fact to make up for the dual channel loss you could just overclock the ram. Its honestly not even that noticable for a lot of applications so why worry.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/285172-30-memory-stic...
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