Adding 2x 8gb ram to 2x 4gb sticks?

Bone9 · 22 Aug 2015 at 13:26

As title, is it OK to add 2 sticks of 8gb to 2 sticks of 4gb that are all ready fitted? My final plan is to have a total of 32gb.

Or should I just swap the 2x 4gb and replace with 8gb sticks. Just thinking of my upgrade path.

Thanks.

RJC · 22 Aug 2015 at 13:27

Do you need 32gb of ram?
I would probably change all to 8gb sticks.

Minstadave · 22 Aug 2015 at 13:31

It's fine to add 2x8Gb to your existing RAM.

If you need 32GB DDR3 is just buy it now, it won't be long till prices rise in wouldn't have thought.

Bone9 · 22 Aug 2015 at 13:32

No probably not mate just thought I'd max out the board. Maybe I should just put in another pair of 4's?

Bone9 · 22 Aug 2015 at 13:35

Cool, cheers lads.

Silent_Scone · 25 Aug 2015 at 07:33

Don't bother mixing memory kits if overclocking

Minstadave · 25 Aug 2015 at 07:39

Silent_Scone said:
Don't bother mixing memory kits if overclocking

It's not impossible to mix memory even if overclocking.

Silent_Scone · 28 Aug 2015 at 12:43

Minstadave said:
It's not impossible to mix memory even if overclocking.

I didn't say it was. These things aren't categorical, mixing high density kits can be a lot more hassle than it's worth - and nine times out of ten will require more tuning than people are willing to put in or understand. I meant memory overclocking BTW, if that wasn't obvious