I was having trouble finding this out online, so I figured this would be the best place to help.
I've been experimenting with new computer parts for a build I plan on carrying out in the summer (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RwnFyc if parts are needed for reference) After realizing that I would probably be junking my current laptop, I figured I should use the parts at hand.
The motherboard I'm looking at has 4 ram slots (Two dual channel slots, I believe) and my current laptop has 6 gb of ram, one 4gb stick and one 2gb stick. If I purchased adapters for the laptop RAM, could I put my 4 gb desktop sticks in their corresponding slots and have the laptop RAM in the remaining slots in case they were ever needed?
By the way, all of the ram is DDR3. Thanks in advance for any responses.
I've been experimenting with new computer parts for a build I plan on carrying out in the summer (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RwnFyc if parts are needed for reference) After realizing that I would probably be junking my current laptop, I figured I should use the parts at hand.
The motherboard I'm looking at has 4 ram slots (Two dual channel slots, I believe) and my current laptop has 6 gb of ram, one 4gb stick and one 2gb stick. If I purchased adapters for the laptop RAM, could I put my 4 gb desktop sticks in their corresponding slots and have the laptop RAM in the remaining slots in case they were ever needed?
By the way, all of the ram is DDR3. Thanks in advance for any responses.
Honestly, though, getting the adapters sound like more trouble than anything. RAM doesn't like getting jumbled around with other brands, timings, and speeds, after all, so it might not even work. I'd just get the RAM new for the desktop.
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