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Alright guys. Here's the dealio!

 

 

My brothers craptastic HP Prebuilt Pile of junk went ###### up on him about 6 months ago. He has 6GB of DDR 10600 sitting in his PC, doing nothing.

I can't find too much info about his RAM Modules, Elpida which was purchased by Micron.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

 

This is the ram currently in my rig.


My question is; can I install his 4GB + my 4GB to make 8GB total, or will the speeds cause issues? The ram above is 40$

 

I'd rather not risk my rig right now, I'm eventually going to give him this machine.

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Maybe.  Typically you do not want to mix and match memory sticks.

 

However, the computer should clock down to the slowest stick(s).  If you do mix-match you'll normally want to be sure the cas latency, timings and recommended voltages are the same.

 

You could just give it a try...the worst thing that could happen is the computer will not want to boot or you'll suffer instability issues in which case just remove the RAM.

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It will most probably work, it'll just clock the 12800's down.
Best thing is to give it a try, if it doesn't work just take them out.
 
But ideally you should keep all your RAM the same.
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So my original thought was yes, but I should run a kit or exact ram. I'll wait I suppose. 4GB is sufficient for now. My new rig will have 16GB or more.

 

Thanks guys! I can't mark everyones as solved :(

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