Mixing ram latency

[TomFoolery1285]

So I am upgrading my system from an AMD A10 5800k APU to an AMD FX-6300 with a GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P as my new motherboard.

I am currently running 8gb (2x 4gb) of Kingston DDR3 SDRAM 1600 with a latency of 11

My new motherboard comes with Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2x 4gb) DDR3 1600 with a latency of 9.

I've got 4 DIMM slots, and the new mobo supports up to 32gb.. can I run all four of these sticks, even though the latency is different?

 

[Kringle McCloud]

All RAM modules will set their speed to the slowest module. All of the ones that are higher. The difference isn't noticeable though. Just insert them and see how it will work. Should turn out fine.

 

[justaguywithagun]

should work fine. bios should automatically set SPD to the slowest set of memory, for all sticks involved. bios should detect CL11 (because slower timings) of the older sticks and apply it to all 4 sticks.

-should-

life isnt perfect, theres always the chance that it wont determine SPD appropriately. in which case, youd get a black screen/no post.

which means youd have to remove 1 set of ram, boot to bios, and manually configure the timings and speed to that of the slowest stick/sticks of ram that you plan on using

that being said, most ram sticks have wiggle room. allowing you to either increase frequency (mhz), decrease timings, or possibly even both. its just that some BIOSes get confused.

theres always the chance that all sets of ram involved could run CL9 or maybe even CL8 @1600mhz. you might just have to play around with it

 

[Tradesman1]

should work fine. bios should automatically set SPD to the slowest set of memory, for all sticks involved. bios should detect CL11 (because slower timings) of the older sticks and apply it to all 4 sticks.

-should-

life isnt perfect, theres always the chance that it wont determine SPD appropriately. in which case, youd get a black screen/no post.

which means youd have to remove 1 set of ram, boot to bios, and manually configure the timings and speed to that of the slowest stick/sticks of ram that you plan on using

that being said, most ram sticks have wiggle room. allowing you to either increase frequency (mhz), decrease timings, or possibly even both. its just that some BIOSes get confused.

theres always the chance that all sets of ram involved could run CL9 or maybe even CL8 @1600mhz. you might just have to play around with it

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+1 as mentioned, no guarantees, they might play they might not, often voltage adjustments to the DRAM and MC will help but no guarantees - if you have any problems give a shout