Combine 2x 4gb ram sticks with 2x 8gb ram sticks

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I currently have 2x 4gb HyperX Fury 1866Mhz ram sticks in my MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard. Today I ordered 2x 8gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400Mhz ram sticks. Can these 4 sticks be combined for 24gb ram or are they not compatible with eachother?

Thanks for any help.
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You didn't mention your motherboard. I think it should work as long as you keep the same type of memory sticks on the same position. RAM slots are often labelled A1 B1 A2 B2, A1 means slot A of channel 1. You must use same sticks for dual-channel mode so you need to put them like this: A1 4GB, B1 8GB, A2 4GB, B2 8GB. If your motherboard rejects that ordering, try to swap the 4GB sticks with the 8GB ones. If it still refuses to work, your motherboard might be not compatible with that particular memory setup.

On a side note, mixing RAM modules from different brands, models and data rates is generally not a good idea.
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You didn't mention your motherboard. I think it should work as long as you keep the same type of memory sticks on the same position. RAM slots are often labelled A1 B1 A2 B2, A1 means slot A of channel 1. You must use same sticks for dual-channel mode so you need to put them like this: A1 4GB, B1 8GB, A2 4GB, B2 8GB. If your motherboard rejects that ordering, try to swap the 4GB sticks with the 8GB ones. If it still refuses to work, your motherboard might be not compatible with that particular memory setup.

On a side note, mixing RAM modules from different brands, models and data rates is generally not a good idea.
 
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Thanks for the reply! I believe I did mention my motherboard in the first sentence. MSI Z97 Gaming 5. I will test it out when my new ram arrives and see if it does work. Just wanted to know if something fatal could happen to either the ram or the motherboard if I used a bad combination.
 
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