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Roland Of Gilead
do you mean compatible with adding the 2 8gbs modules with your existing 2 4gb modules? If so then you may have issues. It;s always advisable to buy in a kit of two matched DIMMS, which I presume your 2 x 4gbs are. By adding in the 2 x 8gb DIMMS you may have to do some tinkering to make it work.

I'd suggest just dropping the 2 x 8gb in, instead of adding to the existing ram. Sell the old ram to offset the cost of the new ram.

If it's for gaming only then having the 2 8gb in dual channel mode, with only 2 slots occupied will be better than having to mess around with timings from two different kits, and have 4 slots occupied.

If you want to add in the all the ram together, both sets would have to have the same timings, and voltage...
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Roland Of Gilead

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do you mean compatible with adding the 2 8gbs modules with your existing 2 4gb modules? If so then you may have issues. It;s always advisable to buy in a kit of two matched DIMMS, which I presume your 2 x 4gbs are. By adding in the 2 x 8gb DIMMS you may have to do some tinkering to make it work.

I'd suggest just dropping the 2 x 8gb in, instead of adding to the existing ram. Sell the old ram to offset the cost of the new ram.

If it's for gaming only then having the 2 8gb in dual channel mode, with only 2 slots occupied will be better than having to mess around with timings from two different kits, and have 4 slots occupied.

If you want to add in the all the ram together, both sets would have to have the same timings, and voltage, otherwise you will have a whole lot of playing around to try and get all for mixed DIMMS to work. I'm not saying they won't work, it will most likely be troublesome though.
 
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