[SOLVED] Can I put 16gb ddr4 2400mhz ram with 16gb ddr4 3000mhz ram

[brucedamstedt]

Kinda sounds like a dumb question but I'm wondering if I can do this since I just have ram sitting around. My motherboard cannot take 3000mhz so it runs the 3000mhz ram at 2600 right now. Wondering if I could put these two together so I can have 32gb of ram. My mobo is the GIGABYTE b360m d23h

 

[Darkbreeze]

The answer is, maybe. They MIGHT work together, they might not. Nobody is going to say yes it will work or no it won't work.

What I CAN tell you for certain is, ALL of your memory will be running at the slower speed of 2400mhz if you install any 2400mhz memory with your faster memory. If the speed is less of a concern to you than the capacity, then it's worth a try. Be sure to keep the two existing memory modules installed in the second and fourth slots and install the two new modules in the first and third slots, so that both sets will be in the correct slots to operate in dual channel. A2 and B2 are the second and fourth slots. A1 and B1 are the first and third slots, starting at the CPU and moving to the right towards the edge of the motherboard.

You may need to reset the BIOS after installing the new memory to get it to reconfigure properly and run.


BIOS Hard Reset procedure

Power off the unit, switch the PSU off and unplug the PSU cord from either the wall or the power supply.

Remove the motherboard CMOS battery for five minutes. In some cases it may be necessary to remove the graphics card to access the CMOS battery.

During that five minutes, press the power button on the case for 30 seconds. After the five minutes is up, reinstall the CMOS battery making sure to insert it with the correct side up just as it came out.

If you had to remove the graphics card you can now reinstall it, but remember to reconnect your power cables if there were any attached to it as well as your display cable.

Now, plug the power supply cable back in, switch the PSU back on and power up the system. It should display the POST screen and the options to enter CMOS/BIOS setup. Enter the bios setup program and reconfigure the boot settings for either the Windows boot manager or for legacy systems, the drive your OS is installed on if necessary.

Save settings and exit. If the system will POST and boot then you can move forward from there including going back into the bios and configuring any other custom settings you may need to configure such as Memory XMP profile settings, custom fan profile settings or other specific settings you may have previously had configured that were wiped out by resetting the CMOS.

In some cases it may be necessary when you go into the BIOS after a reset, to load the Optimal default or Default values and then save settings, to actually get the hardware tables to reset in the boot manager.

 

[brucedamstedt]

Thanks for your help, I will try this!

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Agree. It may work, it may not.

I would say you are unlikely to get all sticks to run at 2666mhz limit, but its possible.

 

[Darkbreeze]

No, it's not possible. Not unless you manually overclock the 2400mhz sticks to 2666mhz.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Which is possible?

 

[Darkbreeze]

LOL. Yes, in that light.