Will this stick of RAM work with what I already have

smush · May 19, 2015

I currently have this RAM installed: http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-OCZ3G160.../dp/B001IT4BWA

And would like to add this to it: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-c...-9-24-xmp-165v

Will they work together ok (CAS times, Voltages, etc) ?

IntelTurtleFan · May 19, 2015

The second link is broken.
In general you want to have as close to the same ram you currently have as possible. Sometimes it is tough to say if it will work but you want to have matching speed/timing/brand/models/voltages if possible. What is your mobo?

jitpublisher · May 19, 2015

No way to know for sure ahead of time. If its identical, it has good chance, if its different, there is less likely a chance it will work. Different brands, your are taking a chance for sure.

Your second link does not work.

smush · May 19, 2015

This was the second link: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-165v

motherboard is MSI X58 Pro-E the manual is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SpOVDZyGIrWEtya2MyYVdpZlE/view?usp=sharing

I know voltages are important which is why I looked for 1.65v however wont my BIOS just auto downgrade my OCZ RAM from 8-8-8-24 to match the Corsair's 9-9-9-24?

jitpublisher · May 19, 2015

Different brand, different timings.

It might work maybe, and yes, your BIOS should set everything to the slower timings.

It might also simply refuse to boot since you are breaking just about every rule about mixing memory. (2 out of 3 anyway)

smush · May 19, 2015

those 2 rules being different brands and different timings?
Surely brands don't matter as the same brands could still have issues with quality control of chips espcially since my OCZ RAM is a few years old now.
I seem to get conflicting answers wherever I look I read somewhere that so long as voltages are the same BIOS should do the rest of the work for you. Why does RAM have to be so difficult to buy!

Tradesman1 · May 19, 2015

You can have different memory brand ICs (chips), different density (2Gb low or 4Gb high density)different solder, different PCBs, programmed different in the SPD. Think about it, you can buy two identical sets of the same exact model of DRAM and they might not play, you can pull sticks right off the assembly line that might not play. All this is why manufacturers test the sticks that go into a given package and why they offer such a variety of packages. It's basically a crapshoot, 50/50 at best

smush · May 20, 2015

The whole idea behind owning a pc over a console is upgradability but when you want to upgrade your RAM a few GBs you have to buy a whole new kit which makes it rather expensive. Same is often the case with CPU and having to buy a new motherboard

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