Can I combine 9latency and 10 latency ram?

[sean91]

Hello, I currently am running 8gb or corsair low profile ram this model: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186 and i would like to know if i can add this kit http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233280 which has a latency of 10 now what i would like to do is have a large ram disk and have a bit more ram but i see this same kit says it runs at CAS 9 on this website: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_312_612&item_id=049909 I want to be sure I am not going to buy this and have to remove my 8gb.
my motherboard is a gigabyte z68xp-up3 and supports up to 32gb of ram and I have 2 free slots. I am thinking this will be the last amount of ram for this rig. Thanks for all the help

 

[Deleted member 217926]

It will probably work fine as long as you are willing to have both kits at cas 10-10-10-27. The 8GB sticks might not want to run at the tighter timings. That's probably a misprint on that website showing them at cas 9.

 

[sean91]

Thanks for the reply but honestly speaking will that latency really show up? and coudnt i just tighten the 16gb kits timings?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

You will never notice the higher latency anywhere but in synthetic benchmarks. The 16GB kits may only run at the higher latency but you can try.

 

[sean91]

I was just looking into memory maximum for win 7 home is 16 gb so ill probably stick with that...and get just another 8gb kit(the same as i already have) due to the 90$ charge to upgrade windows and then another 110$ for the ram i might aswell just get 8gb for 50$ and get a bigger and vaster ssd with the prices dropping as fast as they are. Thanks for your help

 

[sean91]

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[nikorr]

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