8GB to 16GB RAM Compatibility?

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So im getting a new motherboard which has 4 slots for ram instead of 2 and right now i have G.Skill F3-17000CL11-8GBXL which has been overclock for the past 14 months @1333MHz 7-7-7-18. If i got a brand new kit of the same model and also ran it @ 1333MHz 7-7-7-18 would the 2 sets play nice with each other?
 
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No way of knowing for certain. Whenever you mix RAM modules, even the exact same models from different packs, there is a chance they won't work together.

I'd personally save the money and buy a new pack of 2 x 8GB modules to be sure the memory would be reliable.

Here is an excerpt from the Tom's Article "The Most Common DDR DRAM Myths Debunked" that goes into why even mixing RAM of the exact same type might not work:

Even though you are buying two of the exact same sets, there is no guarantee that they will work together. The DRAM that goes into a package has been tested to work together. Manufacturers don’t guarantee mixing or adding one set to another, even when they are the same exact model.

Customers often try this...
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No way of knowing for certain. Whenever you mix RAM modules, even the exact same models from different packs, there is a chance they won't work together.

I'd personally save the money and buy a new pack of 2 x 8GB modules to be sure the memory would be reliable.

Here is an excerpt from the Tom's Article "The Most Common DDR DRAM Myths Debunked" that goes into why even mixing RAM of the exact same type might not work:

Even though you are buying two of the exact same sets, there is no guarantee that they will work together. The DRAM that goes into a package has been tested to work together. Manufacturers don’t guarantee mixing or adding one set to another, even when they are the same exact model.

Customers often try this with higher data rate sticks using XMP to set them up. With XMP enabled, the motherboard may read the profile for two sticks of DRAM and set the secondary timings accordingly, but the tRFC timing for two modules may be 226, whereas four sticks require 314. This can be especially hard for most users to troubleshoot/find, as few ever go into the secondary DRAM timings.
 
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