Atyen Honorable Apr 5, 2015 64 1 10,645 Oct 13, 2017 #1 I have Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H motherboard, i3-4160 processor and 4 GB Kingston RAM(KVR16N11S8/4-SP). I want to add more RAM. Can I buy an 8 GB RAM and have 4+8=12 GB, or should I buy 4 more?
I have Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H motherboard, i3-4160 processor and 4 GB Kingston RAM(KVR16N11S8/4-SP). I want to add more RAM. Can I buy an 8 GB RAM and have 4+8=12 GB, or should I buy 4 more?
Solution vapour Oct 13, 2017 Nope, you'd better sell your 4gb and get 8gb in a pack, 4+4 or 4+8 very likely not working... PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Patriot - Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon) Total: $54.99 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-13 01:20 EDT-0400
Nope, you'd better sell your 4gb and get 8gb in a pack, 4+4 or 4+8 very likely not working... PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Patriot - Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon) Total: $54.99 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-13 01:20 EDT-0400
vapour Champion Aug 28, 2017 12,398 98 57,540 Oct 13, 2017 Solution #2 Nope, you'd better sell your 4gb and get 8gb in a pack, 4+4 or 4+8 very likely not working... PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Patriot - Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon) Total: $54.99 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-13 01:20 EDT-0400 Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
Nope, you'd better sell your 4gb and get 8gb in a pack, 4+4 or 4+8 very likely not working... PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Patriot - Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon) Total: $54.99 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-13 01:20 EDT-0400