Can 4GB and 8GB ram work together?

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I got a new PC recently and because of my budget i had to cut down to 4gb of RAM, i got the HyperX Fury 4gb 2400 MHz, I want to get more in a couple of months. I was wondering if i could get the same HyperX Fury 2400 MHz but in 8gb, is it possible and can it kill my PC. My current motherboard is the Asus Prime A320M-K, can it support it and is it a good idea.

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kill your PC? Most-likely, No.
Will they work? depends on your luck. Mix and matching RAM could work, meaning, it does not always work. You can simply try but there is no guarantee that it will work. If you want 100% possibility that it will work, get the exact same RAM modules.
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kill your PC? Most-likely, No.
Will they work? depends on your luck. Mix and matching RAM could work, meaning, it does not always work. You can simply try but there is no guarantee that it will work. If you want 100% possibility that it will work, get the exact same RAM modules.
 
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Thanks, i'll most likely get only 4gb, maybe down the line ill get 2 8gb sticks and sell these for as much as i can.
 
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Don't mix the HyperX with anything else, it's doubtful at best you'll get them to work. Standard ram has a low default (ddr4 is 2133) and uses xmp profiles to change the frequency. The HyperX does not. It's default speed is the rated speed, be it 2133 or 3200.
 
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Then that has to do more with the BIOS and motherboard rather than the sticks. Anyway that's why in the motherboard web page you have a list of compatible sticks that are 100% proved to work or in the memory section it will have a side note about if you need special sticks or something, in most cases. And personally i havent encountered anyone with that problem.
 
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I have run into that issue. Same vendor, model, color, speed, size, voltage, everything identical about the ram. Except for the serial numbers. They were 10 apart. Literally 1 was made 9 sticks after the first. And they would not work together. I've also had ram so far apart it was laffable work. 1.5v and 1.65v, 2 different vendors, sizes, even speeds and they worked perfectly at the lowest speed and 1.65v.

When it comes to ram from different packages there is only One guarantee. There is No guarantees. The ram either works, works after adjustments or doesn't work at all. That's it. Pot Luck. And you will not find out until you try. You could spend weeks in rma process, swapping sticks out a dozen times and still not get lucky, or get lucky the first time. Impossible to tell. It's why it's strongly advised not to mix ram, but to purchase what you want, when you want it, even if it means taking a loss on resale later.
 
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