Mixing and matching RAM sticks

[NoobxCamper]

I bought a prebuilt computer about 2 years ago, which I then upgraded to become a gaming pc. I changed the motherboard, kept the CPU, changed the graphics card, power supply and case. But I also kept the RAM. So they are basically "stock".

My RAM is 2x4 GB stick (8 GB total), I just also bought 2x4 Kingston Hyper Fury X memory. The difference is, the new RAM sticks clock at 1866 Mhz, while the "stock" RAM sticks clock at 1600 Mhz.

Will that by any chance, have any negative effects on my computer? Other than bringing down the new RAM's speed to match the old ones. My motherboard is a Gigabyte B75M-D3H.

Thank you <3

 

[Tradesman1]

Thay may not even play at all, the Fury run off of PnP while the other sticks are prob XMP based (the Fury are the only line running off PnP), At worse it won't boot and may have to reset CMOS, if you try and have any problems give me a shout and we can try some adjustments. More on mixing DRAM in Item 2, here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ddr-dram-myths,4155.html

 

[NoobxCamper]

Thay may not even play at all, the Fury run off of PnP while the other sticks are prob XMP based (the Fury are the only line running off PnP), At worse it won't boot and may have to reset CMOS, if you try and have any problems give me a shout and we can try some adjustments. More on mixing DRAM in Item 2, here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ddr-dram-myths,4155.html

So I just did some research as to what XMP and PnP are, because I honestly do not know. But I found out that, I may have to edit the BIOS settings manually to get them functioning? I just wanted to know if it's true.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2458185/ram-xmp.html

I would also like to note that with my prebuilt system, the original amount of RAM is 12 GB, but me being the good friend, I gave 4 GB to my friend who just built his PC. And he purchased additional 4 GB RAM, if I am not mistaken it was a Patriot Viper Series. Anyways, it's working just fine on his build.

 

[Tradesman1]

Yes I responded in that thread. And yes sometimes mixing DRAM will work OK, other times just fine, other times not at all. The bad side is possibly paying return postage, restocking fees, as well as time lost both taking care of the return/exchange and not having the DRAM till you get some that does work

 

[NoobxCamper]

Yes I responded in that thread. And yes sometimes mixing DRAM will work OK, other times just fine, other times not at all. The bad side is possibly paying return postage, restocking fees, as well as time lost both taking care of the return/exchange and not having the DRAM till you get some that does work

This RAM kit was on sale for 60 bucks (That's low for 8 GB in Canada lol, usually goes for 80+). I'm gonna try everything possible to make it work, if it doesn't, well, I can probably sell it to somebody for a price higher than I paid because they wouldn't know it was on discount, or worse case scenario, get my money back. Haha, thanks for your help anyways. Appreciate it.

 

[Tradesman1]

If there are problems, give me a shout and we can try timing/voltage adjustments