Ram DRR3 2 different models

[Mark_14]

Hi I have HyperX 2x 8GB 1600MHz
Installed on my PC .

Can I use 2x8gb of extra ram to take it up to 32gb but different model but same speed ?

 

[giantbucket]

99% of the time, yes you can. the other 1% of the time it depends on your CPU and motherboard - they will either accept it or they won't, and neither will tell you why.

 

[Mark_14]

Thank you for your help

 

[giantbucket]

hopefully you're running a 64bit OS and your motherboard and/or cpu can support 32G. check their specs, easy to find.

when you mix ram, you usually end up running at the slower condition - so mixing 1600 with 1866 means everything will run at 1600. with intel, that's perfectly fine anyways. with AMD, it's not ideal if you're using onboard graphics, but perfectly fine if you have a separate graphics card.

 

[Mark_14]

I'm using a
Asus Z97 pro gamer motherboard
Intel i7 4790k
Gigabyte 770 4gb graphic card

 

[giantbucket]

as long as you need 32G of ram, you should be fine! plenty of photoshop or cad or video editing work? or just gaming? i use 16G in my gaming/cad machine, but only have two memory slots since it's ITX.

 

[Mark_14]

What it is . I play flight sim x

Using a few different program at sonce and it can be a little slow at loading the scenery and other aircraft while in game . Will the ram be the right move

 

[giantbucket]

open task manager and look at the graphs of memory use while you're playing or doing whatever it is you do. it'll tell you if your cpu is hitting a limit, or if ram is hitting a limit, or if the bottleneck is a hard drive (since neither cpu nor ram are going to be hitting a ceiling)

identify the problem before throwing money at a solution.