HyperX Black and White RAM

[JimmJumm]

Does white hyperx ram run with black hyperx ram in dual channel? or do I need to run two blacks and two whites for dual channel?

 

[Eximo]

Not really sure what you are getting at here. To enable dual channel on a motherboard you simply have to populate two or four slots with equal sizes of memory. You will be forced to match speed regardless, so as long as they have the same frequency and timings it will work as intended. If they don't match you will have to overclock the slower memory, or run the faster memory at the speed of the slower one.

Links to the memory you are talking about would be helpful.

 

[WyomingKnott]

The PC doesn't care what color the memory is. There are three things that you have to look for
1) Make sure that you populate the first slot in each channel
2) Make sure that the two sticks of memory, one white and one black, have very similar specs. Otherwise one will slow the other down
3) One extra point for finding the appropriate episode of Star Trek

 

[JimmJumm]

these are the ram sticks
black: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104444&cm_re=hyperx_black-_-20-104-444-_-Product
white: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104454&cm_re=hyperx_black-_-20-104-444-_-Product

 

[WyomingKnott]

Same specs except for color. Most folks would advise you to buy a matched pair like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104445&cm_re=hyperx_fury_16gb-_-20-104-445-_-Product , but if you want a black-and-white theme go for it. The matched pairs have been tested together and will play nicely together, but IMHO 99% of the time so will two randomly-selected sticks with the same model.

 

[Tradesman1]

They may or may not play together, no guarantees. Any time you mix sets of DRAM it can be and often is problematic...also if 1600 and above the XMP profiles are programmed by the given set and for the number of sticks in the package, so may have to make manual timing/voltage changes. Alot will depend on the BIOS as to how well it takes what is installed and configures it

 

[WyomingKnott]

Tradesman1 gives a good explanation of why many builders prefer to buy matched pairs. The XMP profile issue had slipped my mind.

 

[Tradesman1]

May well also use different PCB (even if same - different models may be using PCB from different production lots, same with actual ICs and even a different batch of solder can affect how sticks play. This is all why they test the sticks that go into a package to ensure they will play together. I'm doing some testing now with a variety of 2400 sticks and getting them to mix and match up more often than not takes voltage and/or timing adjustments, often going into the secondary and tertiary timings, can be a real pain 😉