Quick question about RAM

[Aleximus96]

Hello, i have motherboard arriving tomorrow morning (in about 10h) i have all other components except ram, it will arrive in 2 days time, i have spare 8gb stick in my pc (i have 16 but never used more than 8)

The PC i am building will be a clean OS instal.

Can i build a PC with this 1 "borrowed" stick of ram, and when the other arrive, just swap it out, i don't want some random registry errors.
Does RAM change affects Windows what-so-ever ? I am low on time, so i plan to build and install the PC with my ram, and change it later, just need to know if it will have some negative impact. Thanks.

 

[ss202sl]

is the old ram compatible? If so, then it should work

 

[boju]

Whats your current specs, ram and Windows edition?

What motherboard did you buy?

Ram wont affect Windows if it works but not knowing details about your hardware we can't check if there's a problem.

 

[Aleximus96]

is the old ram compatible? If so, then it should work

Yeah, the board is
Asus H310M-D,
The RAM that is coming is :
Transcend 1x8GB DDR4 2666Mhz CL19 U-DIMM 1.2V (JetRam)
I have 2x8GB Kit G. SKILL RIPJAWS V 3000 CL15
i plan to use 1 of those 2 g skill sticks to instal the system.

 

[boju]

Might work but a good chance mixing ram wont work especially seeing Transcend has different timings, voltage and frequency. The Gskill will have to adapt to the lower spec ram if bios is left on auto settings.

Are those Gskill from a kit or singular? You mentioned borrowed, so i assume they aren't from a kit?

Im having trouble understanding here.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

So you just want to assemble the PC with the RAM you have currently then swap it with the new RAM when it arrives? Yeah that's fine.

 

[Aleximus96]

Might work but a good chance mixing ram wont work especially seeing Transcend has different timings, voltage and frequency. The Gskill will have to adapt to the lower spec ram if bios is left on auto settings.

Are those Gskill from a kit or singular? You mentioned borrowed, so i assume they aren't from a kit?

Im having trouble understanding here.

I am having trouble explaining, i am wierd, sorry. xD

 

[boju]

After coffee and usual morning routine think i understand the question now lol. You borrowed 2x 8GB ram but only using one for now to install Windows then you'll return the two rams once your Transcend memory comes.

 

[Aleximus96]

After coffee and usual morning routine think i understand the question now lol. You borrowed 2x 8GB ram but only using one for now to install Windows then you'll return the two rams once your Transcend memory comes.

That's what i said, i am wierd, i wanted to say borrow from my own pc, but you got the point. 😀