From 8GB to 16GB with 2x4GB or 2x8GB, Clockspeed, Timing?

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I currently have the Crucial Ballistix Sport DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR3-1600, CL9-9-9-24 and with ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Dedicated Server, Chrome tabs and the Loadout Editor for ArmA 3 (Java application) I'm constantly running out of RAM which forces Windows Aero to disable.

Now I'd like to go from 8GB to 16GB, but I'm not quite sure whether to buy 2 more 4 GB Crucial RAM sticks or go with the Kingston HyperX Savage DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR3-1600, CL9-9-9.

Moreover, is it true that the H97 motherboards (I own an ASUS H97 Pro) don't support higher speeds than 1600 MHz? If I'd buy a e.g. 2400 MHz RAM stick "for the future" and it runs at 1600 MHz, would the timings still be worse than with stock 1600 MHz RAM?

Would CL11, CL10, CL9 or even CL7 really make that much of a difference? I don't feel like the price justifies anything lower than CL9.
 
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well it looks like h97 you got don't support overclocking so intel chips support up to 1600 native ..

when you buy memory its best to buy them In a full kit , there matched to work together from the factory - no guarantees 2 separate kits like you want to do will work stable.. that's the risk you take on that

I don't think you will see any ground breaking difference in the timings but tighter is generally better [ cl7 over cl 10 ] -- I use cl10 1600 2x8 and seems just fine to me

to me I would go with a new matched kit over trying to add to the kit you got now - you just don't know if something has changed between the memorys from when you bought it to now that may end up causing a stability issue [opinion]


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well it looks like h97 you got don't support overclocking so intel chips support up to 1600 native ..

when you buy memory its best to buy them In a full kit , there matched to work together from the factory - no guarantees 2 separate kits like you want to do will work stable.. that's the risk you take on that

I don't think you will see any ground breaking difference in the timings but tighter is generally better [ cl7 over cl 10 ] -- I use cl10 1600 2x8 and seems just fine to me

to me I would go with a new matched kit over trying to add to the kit you got now - you just don't know if something has changed between the memorys from when you bought it to now that may end up causing a stability issue [opinion]


one thing I would look at was those programs you listed like chrome and java - known resource hogs thay may eat up 16 as fast as 8
 
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I meant add 2x4GB to my current system or replace everything with the 2x8GB. I would never mix 4GB and 8GB sticks. Buying the same RAM twice shouldn't be any different from a Kit or is it?
 
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that's what I mean- you got a 4gb kit now and you want to add another 4gb kit to it - most times not recommended - eaven if its the same brand and part number there not factory matched - and yes they could work fine then they may not that's your risk

see they may of changed the ic's over the time from when you bought them ??
also the manufacture will not guarantee them to work together cause there not from a matched kit
I understand what you want to try to do -
 
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Ah ok, so that their manufacturing time is kinda equal is also important? So always buy kits then, right? I thought you didn't understand what I wanted to do, but you actually did. So my best option is to buy a 16GB 2x8GB kit and to use my old 8GB 2x4GB for another PC?
 
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''So my best option is to buy a 16GB 2x8GB kit and to use my old 8GB 2x4GB for another PC? ''

yes, buy a full kit of what you need there factory matched and guaranteed to work together. just use the old memory as a hand me down .. that's what I do or back up if something were to go wrong one day

take a look at these works fine in this intel build if interested ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489

 
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