Freezing With New Memory Stick Installed

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Alright so I put this new machine together with some new and old parts. Nothing special there but here are the stats.

AMD FX 8350
ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
AMD R9 270X

And this memory kit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220468
Which is a couple of DDR3 2gb sticks at 9-9-9-24 and 1333mhz

I also got a new 4GB single stick of DDR3 to throw in the machine thinking it would probably be fine and would just downclock to meet my current DDR3. Its a Crucial 4GB stick 1600mhz with 11-11-11 I think.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148787
Link to said 4GB stick ^

Alright so now to describe the problems I am having. If I install that 4GB I get freezes but if I don't have it installed all is well. I can play CSGO for 10 rounds or more and no freezing while it freezes in the first few rounds with that stick installed. I ran memtest and when I woke up it didn't say anything about errors so Im not sure whats up.

I have tried forcing all the ram to run at 9-9-9 24 at 1333mhz in the Bios but no change. Speccy says Im running in dual channel for the RAM which seems weird considering 3 DIMMs can't do that to what I understand so maybe thats the issue?

Im just not quite sure what the issue really is. I havn't touched voltages at all also I would like to add.

I have tried updating the bios, updating windows, and playing with drivers aswell
 
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spooky2th
There is never any guarantee when mixing sticks. Even with identical sticks from the same manufacturer. Memory kits of 2 sticks or more are tested together to make sure that the sticks will work with each other. Try to find as close a match as you can, but there is never any guarantee unless you purchase a kit. If I were you, I'd look for a kit of 2x4Gb or 2x8GB.

then after the new kit is running right, try to get the old kit going to, possibly. It's worth a try. Sell the old kit if you cannot get them to run with the new kit.
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It should still be running fine at 11 though shouldn't it? Albeit a small bit slower?

Im not even completely sold on it being a mem issue and not some USB driver gone rouge, or a culmination of multiple problems. Im going to run memtest while Im at work and will report in after I return, but if no errors are found in say 4 or 5 hours of that would that mean that its most likely a non hardware/RAM related issue. As in the RAM is fine and something else is to blame?

Just asking to confirm.

P.S.
After running memtest for a bit under 6 hours I got 24 errors, so I guess I can finally confirm a RAM issue. Could the 11 timings be the cause?
 
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I would think so, my self. The 2 types of sticks are not even close to the same. Try running all sticks at Cas10 @1333MHz. It will be hit & miss till you find a combination that works with both types of sticks. If there is any combination that will work. Might have to up the memory controller voltage on the cpu some too. Might be 1066MHz is the only way to run all sticks together?
 
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There is never any guarantee when mixing sticks. Even with identical sticks from the same manufacturer. Memory kits of 2 sticks or more are tested together to make sure that the sticks will work with each other. Try to find as close a match as you can, but there is never any guarantee unless you purchase a kit. If I were you, I'd look for a kit of 2x4Gb or 2x8GB.

then after the new kit is running right, try to get the old kit going to, possibly. It's worth a try. Sell the old kit if you cannot get them to run with the new kit.
 
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