ASUS Pro Gamer B85 Memory Ram Question

el_wero_21 · Aug 16, 2016

So I have an asus pro gamer b85 motherboard installed as my machine, I currently have two memory sticks installed, both; DDR3 Kingston Hyperx Fury Blue 4gb 1600mhz.

My question is can I add in another one memory ram stick but 8gb, also DDR3 Kingston Hyperx Fury Blue 8gb 1600mhz. To have in total 16gb?

(I have 2 of these already: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-1600MHz-DDR3/dp/B00J8E92R6)

(This is the 1 I want to add in: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-1600MHz-DDR3/dp/B00J8E92M6/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471385826&sr=1-4&keywords=kingston+hyperx+fury+8gb)

(For more information needed)
I use:
-Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
-x64-based PC
-Intel(R) Core (TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

A thank you in advanced for reading and helping.

ajpaolello · Aug 16, 2016

Eh. I can't promise that it'll work.

Tradesman1 · Aug 16, 2016

You can try, no guarantees. The Fury run off PnP so if you have problems can probably get them to play with voltage/timing adjustments. Again no guarantee, but they are generally easier to get to play than typical XMP based sticks

el_wero_21 · Aug 16, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Thank you guys for your answers, But I really need to know if I can, because the store where I'm going to buy them don't accept returns, maybe you could check this?
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85PRO_GAMER/specifications/

(At Memory Section)

weberdarren97 · Aug 16, 2016

Here's the thing, you can never predict whether memory will be compatible or not.

You can buy multiple copies of the exact same memory, but there's no guarantee that they'll be compatible unless they're a kit. Since you're about to buy more matching spec memory, it may work, but it may not. We just don't know until we try.

Even though the store doesn't accept returns, you can sell it on eBay or a local site and make back most of your money.

ajpaolello · Aug 17, 2016

As weberdarren97 said, we don't know. In theory, it should work if they are practically the same ram. But people have bought the exact same ram a year later and addd it to their build and it doesn't work. It sounds crazy I know but ram is weird.

weberdarren97 · Aug 17, 2016

ajpaolello :

There are things about RAM that we as the buyer can't control. And it's important to understand that just because two sticks are matching specs, doesn't necessarily mean that the internal functions are the same. If internal functions are different, they may not play well together.

Plenty of manufacturers will revise something about their RAM and make changes to the way it's produced, but keep the same part number and model number. If the way it's produced was changed, then internal functions may be different, causing compatibility issues with older sticks that are the same model and part number. This is the main cause of all this confusion. This is also why I recommend getting a kit of memory that has the capacity you want, because it's guaranteed that all memory in a kit was produced exactly the same as each other.

ajpaolello · Aug 17, 2016

Tradesman1 · Aug 17, 2016

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ddr-dram-myths,4155.html

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