Need help on mixing ram from different manufacturer (Corsair Vengeance and Kingston FURY/Savage)

[animeshn]

Hi,

I have a 6 year old system which has a Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8 GB (Dual Channel) PC DRAM (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R) - (4x2).

Now I want to upgrade RAM to 16GB, but I can't find the existing RAM model in my locality. So can I use Kingston FURY (4x2 kit) (HyperX HX318C10FK2/8) or Kingston Savage (single module) (HX318C9SR/8) (as this has same CAS latency) with my existing Corsair kit?

Current system -
Asrock Extreme4 Z77
Intel Core i5-3570
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R - (4x2)

Thanks.

 

[kanewolf]

Unknown. Mix and match RAM is a gamble at best. Buying a pair of matched 8GB DIMMs will be the most stable system.