games crashing with 16gb of ram

[Deleted member 1969071]

Recently I threw in another stick of 8gb of ddr3 ram so now I have 16gb and now games that I launch and play for a few minutes will crash. I've really found no solution for the crashing and it's getting old pretty quickly. Please help? I think I purchased different ram at different speed (https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-1x8GB-10666-Desktop-Memory/dp/B007EHKXRW vs. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233790&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Memory+%28Desktop+Memory%29-_-N82E16820233790&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhoLWBRD9ARIsADIRaxSA-HnElBepBdwuKu3RsARTz48_LMHJr0mP1I8_dMU0-wA_kf6IgwIaAs83EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds)

 

[sizzling]

Mixing RAM is always a gamble, even if it’s the same make and model if it’s not bought as a kit it may not work or be stable.

You can try overvolting, loosening the timings and/or underclocking but that may not help.

 

[Deleted member 1969071]

Mixing RAM is always a gamble, even if it’s the same make and model if it’s not bought as a kit it may not work or be stable.

You can try overvolting, loosening the timings and/or underclocking but that may not help.

If I don't know how to do that is there anything I can do about it?

 

[WildCard999]

Your probably better off returning the one you bought, selling your current one and just buying a 2x8gb kit.

 

[Deleted member 1969071]

Your probably better off returning the one you bought, selling your current one and just buying a 2x8gb kit.

So the ram is the problem with the crashes?

 

[sizzling]

Yes, mixing RAM not bought as a kit is not guaranteed to work together properly, stability issues is just 1 possible issue. Getting a 16gb kit is the best option.

 

[geofelt]

Test your ram with memtest86.
If you can complete a full pass with NO errors, then you lucked out and your ram setup is good.

Test the new ram by itself to see if it is good.
If not, you have good cause to return it.

motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, particularly AMD can be very sensitive to this.
What is your motherboard?

If the sticks test out ok individually, you can try to make them work together.
With just one stick, go into the bios and increase the ram voltage from the default of 1.5v to perhaps 1.55 or 1.6v.
Then add in the other stick and see if they work properly together and can pass at least a full memtest cycle.