How Risky is "1 single stick now and Add Ram Later"?

markgerardpelaez

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I'm seeing a lot of forums including here on Tomshardware that getting a single channel ram and add one ram later is a risky choice because it might not work. Worst answer I've seen on other sites is "Pray that it will work.". This worries me a bit because how risky is that?
In a scale of 100% success rate, is it like 50% chance that it will not work?

This worries me a bit because I just upgraded an bought the parts needed that is open for additional rams in the future. I hope you guys can shed a light because I really don't want to spend money and waste time refunding it in case it won't work. If this instances are inevitable at least I know and I can prepare.

Thanks guys!
 
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I have heard about such cases, but never experienced it in my entire life (lucky, I know...). Such sompatibility issues CAN arise, but are very rare if you get the very exact memory stick, even if it isn't "dual channel certified". In other words, if you get a quality, branded memory now, and later get the very same stick (provided you can still find one) it should work. And I would say that chance for working is 99%, not 50%. The only thing that might interfere with such plan is if this very specific RAM you have gets discontinued, or replaced with a different model. You will then have to search on 2nd hand market. But this is likely not to happen within a few years if you are buying DDR4 memory anyway.
I have heard about such cases, but never experienced it in my entire life (lucky, I know...). Such sompatibility issues CAN arise, but are very rare if you get the very exact memory stick, even if it isn't "dual channel certified". In other words, if you get a quality, branded memory now, and later get the very same stick (provided you can still find one) it should work. And I would say that chance for working is 99%, not 50%. The only thing that might interfere with such plan is if this very specific RAM you have gets discontinued, or replaced with a different model. You will then have to search on 2nd hand market. But this is likely not to happen within a few years if you are buying DDR4 memory anyway.
 
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