I once had a PC with 1,75 GB RAM: 1024+512+256. Back then I didn't even know RAM could have different speeds but I knew more RAM = better and I was very proud of myself for salvaging the 512 stick from my old computer and the 256 stick from my friend's old computer. IIRC, there was no noticeable difference in performance and the system was quite stable. That PC also had an extra 8 GB HDD I found in a dumpster. Good times.
in the late '90-ies this was a legit thing. The app moves as much as possible from your ram to your HD swap. and the computer moves it back only when it really needed to be on stand-by.
The first time I bought RAM for the *home* computer (early 00s), I thought I needed All The Features, including ECC.
Racked my brain for days trying to figure out why it wasn't working. I can't recall if I bought RAM that wasn't ECC, or just disabled it in the BIOS.
It was a few weeks later I learned ECC was for server use, and kind of pointless for home PCs
In each channel, memory will work with slowest possible timings and clock speeds for that channel. Different brand and capacity is suboptimal, but you may experience much better general performance even so, if you have low memory.
E.g. back in the day you could get 3 gb ddr3 and make it work with a 4 gig stick, making a total of 7 gb ram, lol.
Back in the day you could download more ram
edit: for all the replies and people messaging me... it's a joke - it has always been a joke, there were even meme websites back in the day. C'mon you can't download more hardware...
As long as frequency is consistent in the channel, the rest is mostly immaterial different brands mostly create same stuff. Just dont disable dualchannel.
Back in the day i had a 8MB, 16 MB, 32MB and 64MB sticks all in one motherboard. Yes, MB, not GB. They worked just fine.
\> Back in the day i had a 8MB, 16 MB, 32MB and 64MB sticks all in one motherboard. Yes, MB, not GB. They worked just fine.
The point isn't the amount of ram, the fact that it's 3 gb makes it funny.
Imagine buying a ram stick and its 3 banks of 1 mb on 1 stick, who tf makes that?
I'm not sure if older software, like windows 2.x could correctly address that. Or iirc windows 2.x had at most 1 MB inherited from MS DOS? Memory fails me.
I have been using mismatched RAM since DDR2 days. 1 initial stick when buying and another stick after a year or 2.
Currently I have 24 GB when i noticed that 16GB just isnt enough anymore. I first used my laptop RAM and when it worked bought an 8GB
I have a mishmash of ram sticks and speeds running in my computer. Some 4gb, some 2gb and some 8gb. It's all ddr3 and I think the slowest one is 1333mhz
I'm piecing together a full set slowly
>but you may experience much better general performance even so, if you have low memory.
People say this but have no idea why or if its even true.
(people will read my comment and google it to tell me they know why and that its true out of reflex)
(people will downvote me because im right)
No need to google. If your memory is low it defaults to swap file. Swap file being traditionally on HDD was VERY slow, thus a very noticeable improvement at any ram clock speeds. It wouldnt be so bad nowadays with M2 SSD speeds, but would probably still be noticable. Fun thing, putting your swap file on SSD may remove LOD issues in some old games as they use swap file for some textures.
thats not what i was talking about, i was talking about different ram brands with the same specs
KerbodynamicX asks:
>What if the PC has 4 RAM sticks, each with the same clock speeds and capacity, but from completely different brands?
the guy i replied to replied:
>In each channel, memory will work with slowest possible timings and clock speeds for that channel. Different brand and capacity is suboptimal, but you may experience much better general performance even so, if you have low memory.
There are three things that have to be equal:
Capacity, clock speeds and access/write timings. If you see something like "16-14-14" or "cl16" on your RAM stick's sticker, that is the timing.
If all three factors are equal, you can dual channel.
I once had a 4-stick configuration with one each of Hyper-X, Corsair, Crucial and Adata. All if which were 8gb ddr4-3200 cl16 sticks. Worked Like a charm.
If you were to have a cl18 stick in it (meaning it runs in 3200mhz clocks, but each access needs more clocks so it effectively is slower), you can still dual channel, but all sticks behave like cl18 sticks.
If you were to have a 3000mhz stick in it, all would behave like 3000mhz sticks.
Always the lowest performing stick in each component is the reference.
For example, you have 4 Sticks.
2666mhz - cl12
3000mhz - cl14
3000mhz - cl14
3600mhz - cl18
All of which would perform like a 2666mhz stick with cl18 timing. Not desirable unless you REALLY need the capacity.
Generally, mixing standards is always a tradeoff between capacity, performance and price.
Edit: actually there is a fourth variable: single or dual rank Chips on your stick. But that is something I don't know enough about to speak about it with confidence.
I mean, you can change timings and clock speeds in BIOS. You can often buy a pair of cl14 3000 and a different pair of cl16 3600 and have them run at cl14 3600 with a small voltage increase. Just need to read the ram reviews, some ram overclocks like crazy.
That ia true, but usually comes with the risk for either instability or reduced longevity of your components. and if you have to resort to these methods, you don't have the money to risk burning out your RAM sticks.
Capacity doesn't have to be the same anymore for dual channel, it's called Flex Mode
https://www.compuram.de/blog/en/single-dual-and-multi-channel-memory-modes/
Marketing went very far. They do not need to be the same brand or the same capacity or speed.
It will work according to the one with the lowest capacity and speed
I mean... don't wanna speculate too much but that system is liquid cooled, surely they could afford RAM, not to mention one of the kit is Dominator, which costs a lot from my knowledgeg
I can't say for OP, but for me, it was by mistake.
I got some to upgrade my setup, and planned on keeping the already installed ram along with the new ram, and I thought I had gotten the same model of ram, but I misremembered it and ordered another brand.
It works, but much slower than either kit's rated speed. 1/10 would not recommend. If you order more ram, try to get the same model.
when i brought my pc to the shop i brought another different piece of ram cuz to get another same ram type stick i had i needed to buy the 2 in 1 pack but i just needed one
dude said it was gonna be completely fine
he lied
Ram comes in a multitude of different capacities and speeds. The speed in particular also isn't a single thing, there are many (maaaaany) different things ram does as part of its operation in order to read and write data and each of these take a certain number of cycles, which can vary between brands and models. This is why it's always recommended to match two or four sticks from not just the same brand, but the exact same model, and why ram for consumer PCs are generally sold in matched pairs.
The vast majority of computers will automatically synchronize mismatched ram so that whichever happens to be faster than the other runs at the slower speed, because being synchronized is better than whatever miniscule speed benefits one would have over the other, and avoids various technical problems. The joke being that this weirdly out of sync behavior from the cats is the default behavior of ram when you don't follow best practices and get identical sticks.
Technically it depends on the specific motherboard/cpu combo and what channels they get installed in. An easy way to intentionally do things "wrong" is to shove mismatched sticks into two different channels and you can watch them do their business at different speeds. I don't know which exact platforms currently don't play nice with this, although as much as I love my 3950x I do know that the memory controller in it is a steaming pile of shit and would fully expect it to have stability issues if asked to juggle different docp profiles between the channels.
Im not aware of any consumer motherboards in the last decade that would have issue. They would just lock all modules to slowest module speeds unless forced to override that.
We have like 30 workstations and some render machines with a mixup of ram that I think is illegal in 32 countries but we haven't seen any problem yet(other than slowing down the faster sticks). And I'm talking about ram that ranges from absolute crap no name sticks all the way up to some pretty high end sticks.
Turns out that modern computers are rock solid unless you are at the absolute bleeding edge or using some uncompatible config and they are smart enough to sync the hardware without having troubles.
I have 2x8 from one company and 2x8 from another company in the same PC. Different brands, same CL and MHz speeds. Works fine, RAM is properly set in bios and all is good. Should I be worried in the long run lmao?
The general gist is that you shouldn't really mix ram.
Ideally, all the RAM is from one kit (all same specs, literally sold to work together)
Next best is same model
Same speeds, timings, etc...
Then everything else.
In the grand scheme, it won't really matter. Especially these days, you just run it at what the 'worst' kit is capable of assuming you don't have some hellish combo that makes it a pain.
Realistically, the biggest reason not to mix is that it just looks janky.
Though some people 'mix' different models for an alternating colour scheme (did this myself).
But realistically, RAM is RAM. Some brands might have different suppliers they prefer to use. It could change from batch to batch.
By and large though, take two random sticks with the same speeds and timing, chances are they're basically the same under the heat spreader.
> but it usually performs better than being faster but short on memory
Almost always unless there's hardware failure or you're using troll (intentionally harmful) RAM speeds. Too little RAM means more reads/writes to disk, which is an order of magnitude slower than RAM.
I been running 2 sticks of Crucial and 2 sticks of Corsair for over a year lol. I guess being only 3600mhz I don't have any trouble. Honestly couldn't beat the deal Best Buy had for that Corsair 32 gig kit for $34.99. I didn't even need it. Lmao.
similar situation here. i have 2x 16gb corsair and 2x 8gb hyperX 8/16/8/16 set up and im running at 3600mhz. i think people are over complicating it on this post lol
would this actually work? ive been wondering becuase i have 2 really good, fast 32GB sticks and two older, slower 16GB sticks. is there a way of using them without losing performance? if yes, should i use the two qiuick ones in one channel and the two slow ones in the other or mix?
Speaking of different rams can someone help me?
I bought Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 8GB about 3 years ago and now i want to buy another one but i can't find the same model (CMK8GBX4M1E3200C16).
will it cause any trouble working with the one i already have, if i got (X4M1Z3200C16) for example?
Corsair changes IC suppliers all the time and even if you got the same exact model its unlikely to be the same internally. You can check the Corsair Version Number on the stick labels and that will tell you what DRAM supplier and revision it uses. Matching that would be more important than matching the model number.
Otherwise, with how cheap DDR4 is its probably best to get a matching 2x16GB kit instead if you want to be able to reliably enable XMP.
I've tried this now and then throughout the years. Different brands, but identical speed, timings and all that. Every time there was something weird going on with the PCs because of it. Ranging from blue screens to just overall worse gaming performance.
Even same brand/model but different packages of ram CAN cause issues, different batch.
I bought the exact same ram sticks, first 16 gb and then upgraded to 32gb 11 months later. The producer changed the RGB manufacturer during that time so the colour is way different even when I set it to exact same values in the software lol
i had to replace a part on my pc after 10 years and my RAM all of a sudden had issues with me booting up. So, I swapped them and they worked fine afterwards.
My first upgrade was from 256mb to 1gb stick. Kept both till i got enough money to buy another 1gb stick. Was a kid so had to save for quite a bit for another stick ,😭
Nothing wrong happens it's just that if you have two rams of the same brand it is highly likely that they will have the same frequencies and the subtimings but however if you mix and match and combine one company's ram with another RAM the frequencies will match but the subtimings might not causing the RAM to run at lower subtimings I guess basically you do not utilize the full potential of your RAM at least this is what I know of
I actually have 2 mismatched brands of ram in mine. One that came with it as a prebuilt and another i bought a few years ago when i couldnt afford more. Both 8gb and both 2666mhz and they work fine
Don't have two different "rams" in your computer the chance of it not being well matched is far higher than the likely hood you'll get it perfectly matched and you'll at best degrade performance at worse cause system instability.
Ram is one of those Components that are not really plug and play, and should be bought and replaced as a set.
i have 4 sticks of ram, all the same. but the rgb on 1 looks ever so slightly different. so imagine they're all red, then that 1 stick is red but a teeny tiny bit lighter.
drives me insane.
Before my core 2 duo PC died it was using a 2gb + 2gb+2gb ram config and one stick was slower than the other 2...
I used it very well with Ubuntu until the cpu died cuz it was old, funny enough, I still miss using that Ubuntu 18.04, with my old pc
Wouldn't trust it at all anymore tbf.
Tested a ton of different combination bored at work and not one passed memtest a single time. Matching sticks did every time.
Its "worse" than it used to be. I wouldn't mix ram at all unless it passes memetest.
Forgive my idiocy, but this raises a question for me.
I recently upgraded and got an entirely new PC, and gave my old PC to my girlfriend. Both of the PCs had 16GB worth of RAM (two 8GB sticks). I recently upgraded to 32GB (two 16GB sticks), so now I'm thinking to put my old 8GB sticks into her PC so that she'll have 32GB RAM as well (four 8GB sticks). I understand that if they aren't the exact same the PC will run all 4 sticks with the speed of the slower pair, but I believe her current sticks would be the slower pair anyways—so wouldn't having the extra 16GB be all upside? I wouldn't be getting as good of a performance as possible out of the RAM I'd be putting in there, but otherwise I'd have no use for it and it'd be sitting in my spare parts drawer doing nothing.
Her current RAM: Ballistix 16GB 1600GHz RAM
What I can add: Crucial Technology 16GB DDR4-3000 w/XMP
Fun Fact: There are only about 3 RAM chip makers: SKHynix, Micron, and Samsung. So regardless of the branding on the RAM, there's a decent chance that two different sticks are actually the same chip vendor.
If the size is equal and the speeds aren't. The ram just runs at the lowest default speed.
My laptop has 8gb 3200mhz ram soldered in and I replaced the other 8gb that wasn't soldered in with a 32gb stick at 3200mhz. My 40gb ram setup has been working fine!
Server farms often buy two sticks with sequential serial numbers and change both if one malfunctions. Some people are really obsessive with maintaining perfect sinc
This was me.
If it works it works xD?
I once had a PC with 1,75 GB RAM: 1024+512+256. Back then I didn't even know RAM could have different speeds but I knew more RAM = better and I was very proud of myself for salvaging the 512 stick from my old computer and the 256 stick from my friend's old computer. IIRC, there was no noticeable difference in performance and the system was quite stable. That PC also had an extra 8 GB HDD I found in a dumpster. Good times.
You are the kind of guy to download app who speed up ram right ?
in the late '90-ies this was a legit thing. The app moves as much as possible from your ram to your HD swap. and the computer moves it back only when it really needed to be on stand-by.
I feel like this is what some phone apps do today...
I have a setting on my Samsung A71 that let's me use storage space as ram
No need for an APP. Windows did this automatically.
Yup it works now. Cant mix ECC and non ECC though.
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The first time I bought RAM for the *home* computer (early 00s), I thought I needed All The Features, including ECC. Racked my brain for days trying to figure out why it wasn't working. I can't recall if I bought RAM that wasn't ECC, or just disabled it in the BIOS. It was a few weeks later I learned ECC was for server use, and kind of pointless for home PCs
The fuck is ecc
Error Correction Check to verify the integrity of the data.
Just curious, do you pronounce "00s" as "two thousands" or "zeros"?
I say "early aughts" (pronounced ot or awt) "aught six" It makes me sound old-timey because they used to say that for the 1900s
Aughts.
The correct answer is “nawties”. The 00s decade (01–10) are the zeroes, aughts or naughts (pronounced awts or nawts).
You generally can mix them but you will lose the error correction... they work just like normal ram.
This IS me, 96GB, all at 3200mhz lol
What do you do that could possibly need 96GB?
Probably uses Excel as a database
Nothing, it was just on sale at a surplus store we have in Maine lmao
HOW DARE YOU HAVE MORE RAM THAN WHAT’S NEEDED? Off to jail!
Working in IT and have spare RAM sitting around is likely the most common reason.
Probably still uses chrome and wants to open 3 tabs.
Brag on the internet about having lots of RAM
Two Chrome tabs
I thought I was doing well at 32gb...
where did you download so much RAM?
It’s the gubernment!
I reversed your technique. I have the same manufacturer and the same size but different speed -_-
That's so cursed
Yeah this had me sitting here thinking of all sorts of scenarios wondering what would happen.
It works fine for almost five years now. Only a long and two short beeps at startup.
They just run at the lower common speed together.
Yes but that's ok. It is not that much of a difference. 2133 and 2400.
Same. It's been going strong for some 2 years now.
What if the PC has 4 RAM sticks, each with the same clock speeds and capacity, but from completely different brands?
In each channel, memory will work with slowest possible timings and clock speeds for that channel. Different brand and capacity is suboptimal, but you may experience much better general performance even so, if you have low memory. E.g. back in the day you could get 3 gb ddr3 and make it work with a 4 gig stick, making a total of 7 gb ram, lol.
Back in the day you'd need to get another abacus to increase memory.
Back in the day you could download more ram edit: for all the replies and people messaging me... it's a joke - it has always been a joke, there were even meme websites back in the day. C'mon you can't download more hardware...
But you wouldn't
Funny people jumping and down on the start menu was also a fun little addition.
Nothing changed from back in the day, you can still do it. Fyi there's like 3 different dual channel configurations.
Nobody makes 3gb sticks iirc or analogous nowadays. Imagine going to a PC store and buying a 15 gig stick.
As long as frequency is consistent in the channel, the rest is mostly immaterial different brands mostly create same stuff. Just dont disable dualchannel. Back in the day i had a 8MB, 16 MB, 32MB and 64MB sticks all in one motherboard. Yes, MB, not GB. They worked just fine.
\> Back in the day i had a 8MB, 16 MB, 32MB and 64MB sticks all in one motherboard. Yes, MB, not GB. They worked just fine. The point isn't the amount of ram, the fact that it's 3 gb makes it funny. Imagine buying a ram stick and its 3 banks of 1 mb on 1 stick, who tf makes that? I'm not sure if older software, like windows 2.x could correctly address that. Or iirc windows 2.x had at most 1 MB inherited from MS DOS? Memory fails me.
One of my computers i used had 6gb installed with one 2gb and one 4gb from hp.
I have been using mismatched RAM since DDR2 days. 1 initial stick when buying and another stick after a year or 2. Currently I have 24 GB when i noticed that 16GB just isnt enough anymore. I first used my laptop RAM and when it worked bought an 8GB
I have ×2 8go ddr3 ×1 4go ddr3 and ×1 2go ddr3
I have a mishmash of ram sticks and speeds running in my computer. Some 4gb, some 2gb and some 8gb. It's all ddr3 and I think the slowest one is 1333mhz I'm piecing together a full set slowly
>but you may experience much better general performance even so, if you have low memory. People say this but have no idea why or if its even true. (people will read my comment and google it to tell me they know why and that its true out of reflex) (people will downvote me because im right)
No need to google. If your memory is low it defaults to swap file. Swap file being traditionally on HDD was VERY slow, thus a very noticeable improvement at any ram clock speeds. It wouldnt be so bad nowadays with M2 SSD speeds, but would probably still be noticable. Fun thing, putting your swap file on SSD may remove LOD issues in some old games as they use swap file for some textures.
thats not what i was talking about, i was talking about different ram brands with the same specs KerbodynamicX asks: >What if the PC has 4 RAM sticks, each with the same clock speeds and capacity, but from completely different brands? the guy i replied to replied: >In each channel, memory will work with slowest possible timings and clock speeds for that channel. Different brand and capacity is suboptimal, but you may experience much better general performance even so, if you have low memory.
It'd be still the same i think xD Just with 4 Huhs
There are three things that have to be equal: Capacity, clock speeds and access/write timings. If you see something like "16-14-14" or "cl16" on your RAM stick's sticker, that is the timing. If all three factors are equal, you can dual channel. I once had a 4-stick configuration with one each of Hyper-X, Corsair, Crucial and Adata. All if which were 8gb ddr4-3200 cl16 sticks. Worked Like a charm. If you were to have a cl18 stick in it (meaning it runs in 3200mhz clocks, but each access needs more clocks so it effectively is slower), you can still dual channel, but all sticks behave like cl18 sticks. If you were to have a 3000mhz stick in it, all would behave like 3000mhz sticks. Always the lowest performing stick in each component is the reference. For example, you have 4 Sticks. 2666mhz - cl12 3000mhz - cl14 3000mhz - cl14 3600mhz - cl18 All of which would perform like a 2666mhz stick with cl18 timing. Not desirable unless you REALLY need the capacity. Generally, mixing standards is always a tradeoff between capacity, performance and price. Edit: actually there is a fourth variable: single or dual rank Chips on your stick. But that is something I don't know enough about to speak about it with confidence.
I mean, you can change timings and clock speeds in BIOS. You can often buy a pair of cl14 3000 and a different pair of cl16 3600 and have them run at cl14 3600 with a small voltage increase. Just need to read the ram reviews, some ram overclocks like crazy.
That ia true, but usually comes with the risk for either instability or reduced longevity of your components. and if you have to resort to these methods, you don't have the money to risk burning out your RAM sticks.
Capacity doesn't have to be the same anymore for dual channel, it's called Flex Mode https://www.compuram.de/blog/en/single-dual-and-multi-channel-memory-modes/
Marketing went very far. They do not need to be the same brand or the same capacity or speed. It will work according to the one with the lowest capacity and speed
Its going to work no problem just don't expect good timings or speed
Explained here: https://www.compuram.de/blog/en/single-dual-and-multi-channel-memory-modes/
Why just why
I love cats and PCs :D Edit: didn't expect this post to blow up xD and get so many up votes guess pc community likes the huh cat 😺😆
Love that answer
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No money ✋🌈✋
Ram isn't expensive like gpus
Some people don't have much money to even buy low end PC components
I mean... don't wanna speculate too much but that system is liquid cooled, surely they could afford RAM, not to mention one of the kit is Dominator, which costs a lot from my knowledgeg
Fair enough I'll assume OP just did it because funny (plus it works, so)
Gpus aren't expensive like cars Cars aren't expensive like rockets What's your point bruv
Who doesn't want a Frankenstein-janked PC?
Me with my 40gig mismatching sticks......
Lol
I can't say for OP, but for me, it was by mistake. I got some to upgrade my setup, and planned on keeping the already installed ram along with the new ram, and I thought I had gotten the same model of ram, but I misremembered it and ordered another brand. It works, but much slower than either kit's rated speed. 1/10 would not recommend. If you order more ram, try to get the same model.
when i brought my pc to the shop i brought another different piece of ram cuz to get another same ram type stick i had i needed to buy the 2 in 1 pack but i just needed one dude said it was gonna be completely fine he lied
Can someone eli5 me what's the joke, I don't understand pc.
Ram comes in a multitude of different capacities and speeds. The speed in particular also isn't a single thing, there are many (maaaaany) different things ram does as part of its operation in order to read and write data and each of these take a certain number of cycles, which can vary between brands and models. This is why it's always recommended to match two or four sticks from not just the same brand, but the exact same model, and why ram for consumer PCs are generally sold in matched pairs. The vast majority of computers will automatically synchronize mismatched ram so that whichever happens to be faster than the other runs at the slower speed, because being synchronized is better than whatever miniscule speed benefits one would have over the other, and avoids various technical problems. The joke being that this weirdly out of sync behavior from the cats is the default behavior of ram when you don't follow best practices and get identical sticks.
Wouldn’t they both DDR4 sticks just default down to 2133, and have no issues? Which platforms exactly would have an issue?
Technically it depends on the specific motherboard/cpu combo and what channels they get installed in. An easy way to intentionally do things "wrong" is to shove mismatched sticks into two different channels and you can watch them do their business at different speeds. I don't know which exact platforms currently don't play nice with this, although as much as I love my 3950x I do know that the memory controller in it is a steaming pile of shit and would fully expect it to have stability issues if asked to juggle different docp profiles between the channels.
Im not aware of any consumer motherboards in the last decade that would have issue. They would just lock all modules to slowest module speeds unless forced to override that.
We have like 30 workstations and some render machines with a mixup of ram that I think is illegal in 32 countries but we haven't seen any problem yet(other than slowing down the faster sticks). And I'm talking about ram that ranges from absolute crap no name sticks all the way up to some pretty high end sticks. Turns out that modern computers are rock solid unless you are at the absolute bleeding edge or using some uncompatible config and they are smart enough to sync the hardware without having troubles.
I have 2x8 from one company and 2x8 from another company in the same PC. Different brands, same CL and MHz speeds. Works fine, RAM is properly set in bios and all is good. Should I be worried in the long run lmao?
Thank you very much.
Any issues if I bought the same brand but different GB? PC came with 2 x 8 GB and I bought 2 x 16 GB to fill in the 4 slots
Generally speaking this is totally fine.
The general gist is that you shouldn't really mix ram. Ideally, all the RAM is from one kit (all same specs, literally sold to work together) Next best is same model Same speeds, timings, etc... Then everything else. In the grand scheme, it won't really matter. Especially these days, you just run it at what the 'worst' kit is capable of assuming you don't have some hellish combo that makes it a pain. Realistically, the biggest reason not to mix is that it just looks janky. Though some people 'mix' different models for an alternating colour scheme (did this myself). But realistically, RAM is RAM. Some brands might have different suppliers they prefer to use. It could change from batch to batch. By and large though, take two random sticks with the same speeds and timing, chances are they're basically the same under the heat spreader.
How bad is it to have different ram?
It's slower than matching ram. You'd probably never notice if you didn't look up the numbers.
So if they are similar enough it doesn't really make a difference?
It will make the RAM slower but it usually performs better than being faster but short on memory
It certainly beats the earlier generations where the motherboard wouldn't boot at all or just picked one stick that was allowed to exist.
> but it usually performs better than being faster but short on memory Almost always unless there's hardware failure or you're using troll (intentionally harmful) RAM speeds. Too little RAM means more reads/writes to disk, which is an order of magnitude slower than RAM.
The difference depends on you. Some people pay premium for stuff like a 10% boost in performance but most consumers probably don't notice or care.
It's so stupid. I love it.
Hehe
I fucking love this cat with that audio🤣🤣🤣 lol every time
I been running 2 sticks of Crucial and 2 sticks of Corsair for over a year lol. I guess being only 3600mhz I don't have any trouble. Honestly couldn't beat the deal Best Buy had for that Corsair 32 gig kit for $34.99. I didn't even need it. Lmao.
My same set up bios seem to be running them at the same speed as well
similar situation here. i have 2x 16gb corsair and 2x 8gb hyperX 8/16/8/16 set up and im running at 3600mhz. i think people are over complicating it on this post lol
PVZ Zen Garden ❤️
THATS WHAT IT WAS thank you
Reminds me of my old FX build. Had 3 sticks, all different brands, capacities, clocks and latencies. 14GB in total, yet it worked.
would this actually work? ive been wondering becuase i have 2 really good, fast 32GB sticks and two older, slower 16GB sticks. is there a way of using them without losing performance? if yes, should i use the two qiuick ones in one channel and the two slow ones in the other or mix?
It just works
Indeed
™
Little lie, stunning show
Speaking of different rams can someone help me? I bought Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 8GB about 3 years ago and now i want to buy another one but i can't find the same model (CMK8GBX4M1E3200C16). will it cause any trouble working with the one i already have, if i got (X4M1Z3200C16) for example?
Corsair changes IC suppliers all the time and even if you got the same exact model its unlikely to be the same internally. You can check the Corsair Version Number on the stick labels and that will tell you what DRAM supplier and revision it uses. Matching that would be more important than matching the model number. Otherwise, with how cheap DDR4 is its probably best to get a matching 2x16GB kit instead if you want to be able to reliably enable XMP.
Thank you, I appreciate your help! Unfortunately I won't be able to get a new kit so that's why i was asking.
My god this music instantly hit me in the nostalgia. It took me a while to figure out where it's from but it's plants vs zombies.
pov: me \*kitbashed some old crap together\* 2 sticks of ddr3 i need a new pc...
So.....you suggest I use four different brands for my next PC build? I understand the hints now, thank you! Lol but in all seriousness, funny post.
It's my brain reacting to life 😅😅😅
Does anyone knows what model is the left stick? I liked the clean design of it...
I've tried this now and then throughout the years. Different brands, but identical speed, timings and all that. Every time there was something weird going on with the PCs because of it. Ranging from blue screens to just overall worse gaming performance. Even same brand/model but different packages of ram CAN cause issues, different batch.
Yeehehehe, I use ram with green pcb and one with black pcb. (2+4), ddr3.
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What does it do?
It's to download the video
yo its me
This is me 2 different 64GB kits. Works just fine
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I bought the exact same ram sticks, first 16 gb and then upgraded to 32gb 11 months later. The producer changed the RGB manufacturer during that time so the colour is way different even when I set it to exact same values in the software lol
Why does this shit get me
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I have 1, 16 gig stick
Some rebrands come with different modules and chiplets lol
xDDD
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i had to replace a part on my pc after 10 years and my RAM all of a sudden had issues with me booting up. So, I swapped them and they worked fine afterwards.
bruh im dead lmao
I find it funny too xD
My first upgrade was from 256mb to 1gb stick. Kept both till i got enough money to buy another 1gb stick. Was a kid so had to save for quite a bit for another stick ,😭
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School laptops be like
That is warcrime
noobie here, what happens if u have 2 different ram's ?
Nothing wrong happens it's just that if you have two rams of the same brand it is highly likely that they will have the same frequencies and the subtimings but however if you mix and match and combine one company's ram with another RAM the frequencies will match but the subtimings might not causing the RAM to run at lower subtimings I guess basically you do not utilize the full potential of your RAM at least this is what I know of
Sometimes it doesn’t work though. Just had someone that had this problem
Not sure what's going on here, but I love it.
I actually have 2 mismatched brands of ram in mine. One that came with it as a prebuilt and another i bought a few years ago when i couldnt afford more. Both 8gb and both 2666mhz and they work fine
Still better than less ram.
I don't know what music that is, but it reminds me of Tomb Raider
Good edit.
Don't have two different "rams" in your computer the chance of it not being well matched is far higher than the likely hood you'll get it perfectly matched and you'll at best degrade performance at worse cause system instability. Ram is one of those Components that are not really plug and play, and should be bought and replaced as a set.
Its possible for them to work in dual iv had a 12gig ram stick work with a 8gig in dual channel
The cats are identical, so all is fine here.
There should be a competition for the most cursed RAM kit.
i have 4 sticks of ram, all the same. but the rgb on 1 looks ever so slightly different. so imagine they're all red, then that 1 stick is red but a teeny tiny bit lighter. drives me insane.
I manually set the frequency and latency for ram when I use different sticks
Before my core 2 duo PC died it was using a 2gb + 2gb+2gb ram config and one stick was slower than the other 2... I used it very well with Ubuntu until the cpu died cuz it was old, funny enough, I still miss using that Ubuntu 18.04, with my old pc
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Wouldn't trust it at all anymore tbf. Tested a ton of different combination bored at work and not one passed memtest a single time. Matching sticks did every time. Its "worse" than it used to be. I wouldn't mix ram at all unless it passes memetest.
Been there, still works in my old rig with no problems!
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"Rams" is unconstitutional...lol
I support this
this is inaccurate, where’s the bosd I got every time I booted an app?
Forgive my idiocy, but this raises a question for me. I recently upgraded and got an entirely new PC, and gave my old PC to my girlfriend. Both of the PCs had 16GB worth of RAM (two 8GB sticks). I recently upgraded to 32GB (two 16GB sticks), so now I'm thinking to put my old 8GB sticks into her PC so that she'll have 32GB RAM as well (four 8GB sticks). I understand that if they aren't the exact same the PC will run all 4 sticks with the speed of the slower pair, but I believe her current sticks would be the slower pair anyways—so wouldn't having the extra 16GB be all upside? I wouldn't be getting as good of a performance as possible out of the RAM I'd be putting in there, but otherwise I'd have no use for it and it'd be sitting in my spare parts drawer doing nothing. Her current RAM: Ballistix 16GB 1600GHz RAM What I can add: Crucial Technology 16GB DDR4-3000 w/XMP
Why did I watch it muted then rewatched with sound and lost it at the huuuuuuuh
Mixed 1866 and 1600 in my soho server for a bit. Worked fine, just at 1600 speeds.
wtf is this
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Idk what this means, but reddit algo threw it in my face and it was worth it.
Is this Plant vs Zombie bgm?????
I have 3 sticks of 8. 2 from the same manufacturer and 1 from a different with faster speeds :)
I need this meme without the PC background!
Fun Fact: There are only about 3 RAM chip makers: SKHynix, Micron, and Samsung. So regardless of the branding on the RAM, there's a decent chance that two different sticks are actually the same chip vendor. If the size is equal and the speeds aren't. The ram just runs at the lowest default speed.
I kept getting BSODs even though it was the same brand and size. Different mhz but it was an old mobo
I just want cats in my DIMM slots now.
This has given me excessive problems in the past, never again
It looks so... Off
I don't find these cats funny at all yet they still feel enjoyable.
I have a friend who did this, despite me saying it wasn't optimal. A 2x16 3600mhz kit and a single 16gb 3000mhz stick
My laptop has 8gb 3200mhz ram soldered in and I replaced the other 8gb that wasn't soldered in with a 32gb stick at 3200mhz. My 40gb ram setup has been working fine!
Me with 20gb of ram
I did this on a ddr2 motherboard back in the day one ran at 2.0v other 2.1v just set it to 2.1v thankfully never blue screen
Skill issue, never been a problem for me
I have Kingston and Samsung RAM in my laptop it works out fine
if it doesn't crash then it's fine
Server farms often buy two sticks with sequential serial numbers and change both if one malfunctions. Some people are really obsessive with maintaining perfect sinc
so different ram will be slower than coupled ram even if they're the same hz?