will this work please help me

[Xzrrel]

i have a 2x4 hyperx 1866 if i add 1 slot of 8gb 1866 will it work? it has dual channel will it show as 16gb? thanks please answer

 

[Ravi Sankar]

If you have 2*4 hyperx RAM it is 8Gb, how do you think it will show up you 16GB, please clarify?

FYI ... Dual channel, means, RAM in both slots will be used simultaneously to achieve double bandwidth, this dual channel placement of RAM will not increase/decrease RAM size

 

[Xzrrel]

If you have 2*4 hyperx RAM it is 8Gb, how do you think it will show up you 16GB, please clarify?

FYI ... Dual channel, means, RAM in both slots will be used simultaneously to achieve double bandwidth, this dual channel placement of RAM will not increase/decrease RAM size

if i add a single 8gb ram hyperx 1866 stick also i dont want to buy 2x4 again expensive af made a regret but can i do that? will it show up as 16gb ram? i eman i alredy had 8gb 2x4 want to add 8gb single stick 8 + 8 = 16gb eh?

 

[unksol]

It will probably work but you can't really guarantee it. And it will switch to single channel mode because you aren't using a set.

 

[Xzrrel]

It will probably work but you can't really guarantee it. And it will switch to single channel mode because you aren't using a set.

i made up my mind i will just put the single ram and sell the 2x4 and buy another stick of single ram will singel ram works too? single 8gb ram even if it says dual channel i relly don't know anything about computer s really\


please answer

 

[Ravi Sankar]

I hope your mother board have 4 RAM slots, if so, it will support, Dual Channel, trichannel, quad channel

Dual Channel Means: You should put TWO exactly identical RAMs in 1,3 slots OR 2,4 Slots, but both RAMs should be from Same brand, same speed, same capacity and same timings .... everything should be same

Similarly, Trichannel means 3 RAMs and Quad Channels mean 4 identical RAMs in 4 RAM slots

Dual Channel configuration increases RAM bandwidth by 2 times
Quad Channel configuration increases RAM bandwidth by 4 times

Evan if you have 16 GB of RAM, you have 1X8GB stick + 2X4GB Sticks = 16GB, with your 8,4,4 sticks you cannot configure any dual or tri channel, if you put all on mobo, then it will be only single channel.

If you put 2X4GB RAM in 1,3 slots or 2,4 slots, you can have dual channel configuration, with your current 2X4GB RAMs

Option1: So, you can sell 2X4 GB RAMs and get another similer 1X8GB and configure dual channel
Option2: Sell 1X8GB RAM and get other 2X4GB RAM sticks and have quad channel configuration

I hope you are clear

My Opinion: I think 8GB of RAM will be more than enough, so I recommend you to sell 1X8GB stick and keep 2X4GB with dual channel connection, if you need to increase the RAM in future, you can have another set od 2X4GB RAM and connect quad channel configuration,

Dual channel gives 2 times bandwidth than Single Channel
Quad Channel gives 2 times bandwidth than Dual Channel & 4 times bandwidth than Single channel