Can I use two RAM sticks from different companies?

Can You Mix Different RAM Brands? In short, the answer to this question is: yes. The only RAM characteristic that will certainly cause incompatibility between RAM modules is the memory type. Different generation RAM sticks – like DDR3 vs DDR4 – will not work together.

What happens if you install 2 different RAM sticks?

It’s not necessarily bad. People advise against it because sometimes two stick just won’t work together with each other. Most cases it’s because the 2 sticks operate at different settings (google CL or CAS latency). And all sticks on your motherboard have to work at the same frequency and configuration.

Do both RAM sticks need to be the same?

You can usually use RAM sticks with differing specs without issue, but you will not have peak performance. You can have any size, any brand RAM together, as long as it’s the same DDR. DDR3 won’t work with DDR4 slots and so on because the ports are shaped differently.

Is it OK to install different RAM?

A common misconception about RAM is that you can put any RAM into any slot. You can do that, but it won’t work, or it will work ineffectively. If you have four RAM slots, always buy matched pairs of RAM (two sticks from the same company, same speed, and same capacity) for the best results.

Is it OK to mix 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.

Can I use two 4GB RAM sticks and two 8gb sticks at the same time?

As long as you have 4 available memory slots, yes you can use 2 8GB memory modules and 2 4GB memory modules at the same time. This does ASSUME that both sets of memory are compatible.

Can you mix RAM with different CAS latency?

You can use RAM with slightly different CAS latency. The more important aspect of RAM is using matched pairs – same size, speed, timing (including CAS latency), and hopefully the same manufacturer/model. For boards with four slots, which is most of them, you can mix two different pairs.

Can I Put 2 RAM sticks in the same socket?

Yes. If you’re numbering them from the 24pin toward the socket you should use the 1st and 3rd slot. I buyed a gigabyte ds3h wifi motherboard and I have 2 ram sticks and now I am confused, I don’t know which slots should I use.

Will a motherboard run better with 2 sticks of RAM?

And, potentially, it will perform better than before, when it had 2 sticks (adding another 4Gb stick to my 2x4Gb setup actually helped). Motherboards have memory slots separated in two channels, usually in pairs of two. When sticks are installed in corresponding slots, they work as dual channel DDR.

Is it okay to use different brands of RAM in PC?

It is okay to use different RAM sticks or use 2 different brands of RAM? The job of RAM in your PC is to remember computations for a finite amount of time so that your processor doesn’t have to keep redoing the same work over and over again.

How many Ram sticks do I need for dual channel?

For example, you can use one RAM stick that is 3GB and another that is 6 GB. When you are in Flex Mode (or dual-channel mode), the RAM will perform like two 3GB RAM sticks in order to optimize performance. When both sticks are filled to that 3GB level, the remaining 3GB will run in single-channel mode.