Adding to this 1866 ram, used Crucial scanner but still confused

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I have 2, 4gb sticks of Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR 3 1866 pretty sure its this one here : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4RE54V1797&cm_re=ballistix_tactical_tracer-_-9SIA4RE54V1797-_-Product

I want to get to at least 16gb ram, but with my cpu cooler on my i7 4790k on a asus Z97-A mobo I need low profile ram. Was curious if this would work : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2F84VE8861

I see the latency is off, and I did a crucial memory scan and showed me some options but are those the only options? Seems a lot more expensive. Maybe I should just go out and buy a brand new set of 2 sticks at 16 gb, but prices are crazy at the moment. Any thoughts from you all? Definitely smarter than me when it comes to this.
 
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Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, particularly AMD can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when more sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.

If you do buy more disparate sticks, they must be the same speed, voltage and cas numbers.
Even then your chances of working are less than 100%

What is your plan "B" if the new stick/s do not work?

Sometimes increasing the ram voltage in the bios...
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Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, particularly AMD can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when more sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.

If you do buy more disparate sticks, they must be the same speed, voltage and cas numbers.
Even then your chances of working are less than 100%

What is your plan "B" if the new stick/s do not work?

Sometimes increasing the ram voltage in the bios will make things work.

If you want 16gb, my suggestion is to buy a 2 x 8gb kit that matches your current specs.
Then, try adding in your old 8gb,
If it works, good; you now have extra ram.
If not, sell the old ram or keep it as a spare.



 
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My plan B is just buy a kit of 2 x 8gb. No harm no foul. The ram I have in there now is great and runs well, just hard to fit new ram in with the cooling fan in the way. Oh well, I will use the old sticks as backups.
 
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