Memory upgrade games wont run now.

Greybudgie

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Nov 17, 2016
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Today I updated my ram from 8GB to 16GB with
Kingston HyperX Fury HX318C10FBK2/8 8GB (2x4GB) matches the existing ram

All seem fine recognised by bios etc. Working all ok for 3 four hours I then go and play a game City Skylines also tried Transport Fever and 5-10 minutes into the session the machine turns off and reboots, any ideas or suggestions?

Rest of my specs pre ram upgrade
CPU: i5 4690K
CPU Cooler: NZXT Karaken X61 280 mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Motherboard
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX970 4GB
Memory Kingston Hyper X Fury 8GB
Solid State Drive: Samsung 850 EVO series 250GB SSD
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda @TB ST2000DM001
Power Supply: Be Quiet Pure Power L8 600W
 
Solution
No guarantees when mixing sets of DRAM - even the same exact model - might try raising DRAM voltage + 0.05 it might help stabilize the sticks ;)