adding new ram ,help please

tayem

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so my MB is Asus H97ME & i have 2x4 GSkill DDR3 1600 (1.5v 9-9-9-24) .. this model to be exact F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

now i want to add 2x8 GSkill Sticks ,i checked the MB manual for RAM support and the only 8GB DDR3 1600 sticks shown to be supported are:
(F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL) - 10-10-10-30 1.50V
(F3-1600C11D-16GISL) - 11-11-11-28 1.35v

then there's this model with similar voltage & latency to my current ram (F3-1600C9D-16GXM)

should i buy the ones with similar voltage & latency as my current ram ,like those suggested by the MB manual or just try different brand other than gskill?

tl;dr
have 2 ram sticks with similar latency , if i want to add 2 more sticks should i stay with same latency & voltage or it doesn't matter?
 
Solution
Any of the DDR3-1600 kits can work in that system, but it is uncertain whether the system can be stable with the original RAM together.

If you want performance, F3-1600C9D-16GXM is a good fit.

Latency and Voltage doesn't matter too much. Enable XMP in BIOS and the system can run at full speed

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