Upgrading Kingston HyperX Impact from 8GB to 32GB, is it possible ?

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I've seen all over the place (amazon, kingston's own website, and other places) that the Impact memory is available only as 4GB, 8GB Single, 8GB Kit, or 16GB Kit. If Kingston and Amazon aren't selling a 32GB Kit (4x8GB) then that implies to me that somehow it's not possible.

But then again I've found a couple of places that ARE talking about 4x8GB of Impact memory being possible. I can't for the life of me imagine why it shouldn't be, but if Kingston themselves say that 32GB with Impact isn't an option, but it is with Fury, I have to put some weight into that. Don't I?

I currently have a single 8GB of kingston hyper-x impact 1600mhz sodimm ddr3 and four slots and would like some advice please on how to get to 32GB in the best way. It certainly doesn't need to be this memory. I'm already thinking that just buying another 3 of these exact chip types might itself not be the best, because they might need to be paired (or should that be quadded) to work well together. So I'd probably have to buy a 4x8GB Kit of whatever it is I end up getting.

Recommendations? Impact? Fury? Some other brand? I'm really not up on the memory market.

My spec is:

PCSpecialist Vortex Laptop with 4 memory slots
Intel i7-4910MQ @ 2.9GHz
Memory clock speed 1600MHz.
 
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Thanks Tradesman, I'd actually read that article just before posting. Very nicely done. I fixed the link in my quote here btw, you'd missed ".html" from the end of it.

I was looking though for a more specific answer on HyperX Impact memory, and whether I should trust those selling 32GB Kit's (4x8GB) because Kingston's own site (and Amazon also) says that the maximum for Impact memory is 16GB (2x8GB).
 
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Hi there,
Having 32GB of HyperX Impact memory is not impossible. It is not sold as a quad-channel kit, since most laptops are only dual-channel. If your laptop or mini motherboard uses four SODIMM slots you can purchase two dual kits and they will work together as two dual channel kits.

Thank you for considering HyperX Impact memory!
-Jewel @ Kingston TS
 
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Great to know. Thanks :)

Just wondering, if I'm going to have to buy 4 new memory chips/cards anyway now, is there any reason I should stick with Impact? Could I switch to Fury (or whichever is better than Impact) ? Because then I could get a set of 4 that are all matched. I assume that two dual kits gives the same non-matched issue that two singles purchased separately would. Although each of the chips in a dual kit is matched with its partner, the two kits aren't matched. Is that important/relevant? Is two dual kits of Impact as good as a quad set of Fury? It's a bit confusing.

Ultimately I just want 32GB of great memory that's compatible with my system.
 
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Tradesman1

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Best to get a 4 stick set, that way they are all tested to play, did an article on 32GB sets awhile back, and two of the manufacturers (Adata and AMD) didn't make 4 stick 2400 sets, I was able to get them to play with slight voltage adjustments, but there are times when two identical sets just won't play at all. The article can be found here if interested:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dram-benchmark-fluctuations,4080.html
 
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Well, I've read half a dozen articles now on memory and I think I'm now schooled enough to better understand your (and kingstonhq's) answer(s). As far as my mobo and processor are concerned, there is no quad channel, so trying to get a 4 stick set and thinking that it's better than two 2 stick sets is wrong. It's called dual-channel for a reason, and that reason is that pairs of memory sticks need to be matched. My mobo should have colour coded slots, two of one colour and two of another colour and I should insert the pairs into matching colours (e.g. one pair in the red slots and one pair in the blue slots). If I wasn't running Windows on it (and typing on it) right now and it didn't have 12 cables plugged into it, I'd take a quick look to confirm.

So, by all means I should buy 4 of the same type of memory, but hoping to find a 4x8GB kit rather than two 2x8GB kits is completely pointless. It would only be relevant if my mobo/processor supported quad channel.

Now I know, I can take the exact spec/name of my current stick of 8 and simply order two 16GB kits of it.
 
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