Can I mismatch RAM speeds?

You can use memory modules of different speeds as long as they are faster than those specified for your computer. It is recommended to use modules of the same speed as those already installed in your system. If you do mix speeds, the modules will all run at the speed of your slowest modules.

Is it bad to mismatch RAM?

There’s a prevailing misconception you cannot use different RAM sizes together or that you cannot mix RAM brands. The answer is Yes, you can mix RAM sticks and RAM sizes and even different RAM speeds—but mixing and matching RAM modules isn’t the best for system performance.

Can I use 4GB and 8GB RAM together in HP laptop?

Yes, you can use 8GB RAM with 4GB RAM.

What happens if you put the wrong RAM in a computer?

The wrong type of modules simply won’t work, while RAM with the wrong specs for your PC can underperform. RAM comes in sticks, or memory modules, that snap into the memory slots on the motherboard. RAM that’s incompatible with your system either won’t fit, or won’t function properly.

Can I use a 4GB and 8GB RAM together?

You can use 8GB RAM and 4GB RAM together, but doing so can affect performance. Although you’ll have a total of 12GB RAM, it will be slower than using two memory sticks of the same size. When using 8GB and 4GB RAM together, they should have the same voltage rating.

Can I use 8 and 16 GB RAM together?

Yes you can, but I wouldn’t recommend it, as the 16GB will be used as 8GB to run dual-channel with the 8GB you likely already have, and the other half will be used as single-channel. It’s also better to have the same type of ram, as to not affect performance via the voltage, controllers and whatnot.

Can installing RAM damage motherboard?

RAM will not damage the motherboard unless you force a wrong type of RAM and physically damaging the RAM slot.

Can installing wrong RAM damage motherboard?

So yes it seems ram can indeed destroy a motherboard, either physicially or electronicaly.

What happens if you mix up RAM speeds?

One issue you can run into here is mismatched RAM speeds, affecting you in two ways. First, if your RAM runs at 2000MHz but your motherboard only supports 1333MHz RAM, your system won’t use the 700MHz difference between the two speeds. Second, if you mix RAM modules with different speeds, both sticks will run at the slowest module’s speed.

What happens when you overclock Ram?

If the RAM has a different speed and is working correctly the only thing that should happen is that the higher speed RAM will go down to the speed of the lower speed RAM. i can overclock the lower speed ram to the same sped as the higher speed one right

How can I run mismatched speed RAM?

To run mismatched speed RAM, (which I am in the computer I’m using to post this), I would (and did) populate the sockets like this; I used 2 256MB PC3200 DIMMs, 1 in each of the boards blue sockets. These were the ones the computer came with. Then I installed 2 512MB PC2700 DIMMs, 1 in each of the black sockets.

What happens when you add more RAM to a laptop?

The worst thing that can happen is you’ll have an unstable system. The best thing that can happen is you’ll have a stable system with more RAM. From what I can tell, basically combining RAM slows it all down to the slowest speed. What is the difference in speed?