Will this RAM work with my motherboard?

[YouthPcEnthusiast]

Hi, I recently was looking to upgrade my 4GB of RAM into 8GB of RAM, is this RAM compatible with my motherboard?

Motherboard: Intel Desktop Board DQ57TM
RAM: http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-PC3-12800-Unbuffered-240-Pin-CT102464BA160B/dp/B00AZGZFGS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

[alexoiu]

Hi,
I'd select one from http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Intel/dq57tm

 

[YouthPcEnthusiast]

Hi,
I'd select one from http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Intel/dq57tm

I tried the Crucial Compatibility tool before, and people say its unreliable. That's why I'm asking Tom's Hardware.

 

[amsharma44]

Can you provide the specification of your 4GB RAM Stick.

 

[YouthPcEnthusiast]

Can you provide the specification of your 4GB RAM Stick.

It is Non-ECC, Unbuffered DIMM, DDR3, 1600MHZ.

 

[amsharma44]

Then it will work fine, there isn't any special kind of stuff. This is a normal ram stick with 1600 MHz with CL11 and pretty much similar to your previous one so you won't be disappointed. If you, in case, want to use both ram sticks in your system then make sure that they have same CAS Latency, there are 90% chances that it will be same in your case. At last if you want to upgrade your system to 8 GB and don't have plan to utilize that 4 GB stick anywhere else, then get a 4 GB stick instead of 8 GB, because then both ram sticks will work in dual channel mode and will provide you double bandwidth and better performance.

 

[YouthPcEnthusiast]

Then it will work fine, there isn't any special kind of stuff. This is a normal ram stick with 1600 MHz with CL11 and pretty much similar to your previous one so you won't be disappointed. If you, in case, want to use both ram sticks in your system then make sure that they have same CAS Latency, there are 90% chances that it will be same in your case. At last if you want to upgrade your system to 8 GB and don't have plan to utilize that 4 GB stick anywhere else, then get a 4 GB stick instead of 8 GB, because then both ram sticks will work in dual channel mode and will provide you double bandwidth and better performance.

Ok, thanks!

 

[Tradesman1]

Let us know how it works out, there are no guarantees when mixing DRAM even with the same exact model - the forums are full of threads of people 'adding DRAM' and it not playing with the old, see items 2 and 6:

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