Question Do I need to buy a RAM stick of the same company with the same clock speed in order to upgrade my RAM?

[Ferdinand999]

My current RAM stick is a G.Skill Ripjaws-V 8GB 2133MHz DDR4. I want to upgrade my existing memory to 16 GB because 8 GB isn't quite adequate anymore. However, I can hardly find a 2133 MHz stick although 2400 MHz G.Skill ones seem to be readily available. My motherboard is GA-B250M-HD3.
So, my question is, if I add a G.Skill Ripjaws V 8GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM to my existing one, will I get an all total 16GB worth of effective memory?

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Get a new kit of two sticks. Mixing is a good way to failure and NOT guaranteed to work

 

[Ferdinand999]

Get a new kit of two sticks. Mixing is a good way to failure and NOT guaranteed to work

Thanks God I didn't listen to you, mate. Adding 8 gigs worked.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

consider yourself lucky. it is not guaranteed to work.

 

[hharriswilliam]

Thanks God I didn't listen to you, mate. Adding 8 gigs worked.

The tradeoff would be that the RAM would run at its lowest speeds to compensate. Surely it'll be 16 GBs showing up in your system, however the clock speeds are throttled to match with their lowest compatible speeds

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks God I didn't listen to you, mate. Adding 8 gigs worked.

And sometimes it doesn't.