is it okay to mix ram capacity in on motherboard

Ruin91 · Sep 14, 2016

i have 2 4gb Kingston hyper x savage@1600 sticks atm in my motherboard
would it be ok to get the same speed ram but use 2 8gb stick to make it 24gb

i run a few servers off my pc so i need the extra ram lol

weberdarren97 · Sep 14, 2016

I don't recommend mixing memory. I will quote what I have said about this in a previous post.

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.

If you need 24GB, why not get a 32GB kit? That leaves you an extra 8GB to play with.

hdmark · Sep 14, 2016

it will most likely be okay, but like weberdarren97 said, its not recommended and could cause a performance loss or not work at all

weberdarren97 · Sep 14, 2016

Sometimes, it causes what I call "a ghost in the machine". That means that the machine will behave unpredictably at unexpected times. This happens when memory is compatible enough to be run at the same time, but not compatible enough to be entirely stable.

Ruin91 · Sep 14, 2016

weberdarren97 :

I don't recommend mixing memory. I will quote what I have said about this in a previous post.

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.

If you need 24GB, why not get a 32GB kit? That leaves you an extra 8GB to play with.

i didnt want to buy a 32gb kit cuz im on ssdi and their like 150 or more lol...but ill proly end up getting one anyway

weberdarren97 · Sep 14, 2016

If money is an issue, you can get the 16GB you need. Just make sure that the place you buy it from accepts returns.

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