Question Can i use 4gb ram with a 8gb ram together?

[ItsBash2022]

Hey, i have a ASUS h61m-e motherboard
my current ram is 4GB DDR3 1333
can i put another 8GB DDR3 1333 ram (total 12gb ram) ?

it work fine ?

 

[Gam3r01]

You can try, but there is no guarantee it will work properly. Mixing RAM is not an exact science.
Your RAM would also run in single channel mode, so while you would have more capacity, you would have lower performance.

 

[ItsBash2022]

i had another 4gb befroe that from another brand, and it works fine on dual channel
so ram size matters on working or no ?

i want to buy a kingstone 8gb 1333 and i have an kingstone 4gb 1333

anyone tested it before ?

 

[Gam3r01]

If you had two 4GB kits, thats dual channel.
When you change the size to a 4GB and 8GB, its no longer dual channel because they are different capacities.

 

[ItsBash2022]

It does not matter to me its single or dual channel, because im programming and when i open few programming softwares, my ram gets full and system keeps lagging

So 4gb + 8gb work ?

 

[Gam3r01]

You can give it a shot, most of the time it will work out.
I give it about an 80% chance given most use cases.

 

[ItsBash2022]

Thanks, i say that because ive seen more than 10 pc's working with 12gb ram ( we dont have 2x6gb, so its 4gb + 8gb ).

 

[hotaru.hino]

Mixing RAM at worst (if the computer POSTs anyway) just means:

• The RAM modules will operate in single channel
• If they're rated for different speeds, they'll all run at the slowest module's speed, assuming the motherboard is compatible with it.

If your motherboard supports it, the RAM modules may operate in so-called Flex Mode which in this case will run 4+4GB in dual channel, with the remaining 4GB in single channel.

 

[Tugrul_512bit]

It should work for capacity. Even the worst 8GB extra RAM will be much better than the fastest NVMe drive for OS-swap-file.

 

[ItsBash2022]

Mixing RAM at worst (if the computer POSTs anyway) just means:

• The RAM modules will operate in single channel
• If they're rated for different speeds, they'll all run at the slowest module's speed, assuming the motherboard is compatible with it.

If your motherboard supports it, the RAM modules may operate in so-called Flex Mode which in this case will run 4+4GB in dual channel, with the remaining 4GB in single channel.

so does Asus H61M-E supports flex mode ?

 

[hotaru.hino]

so does Asus H61M-E supports flex mode ?

Since the manual doesn't mention it, probably not.