Memory question

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SteadyEddy

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Hello,

Is it really necessary to buy memory in kits for dual channel capable mobos?

I have seen statements by manufacturers that state that single sticks "may" work together but the kits have been tested to work together!
As my mobo is very limited on mem slots i want to have 8g of mem, (for the moment)It seems much cheaper to buy single sticks of 4g instead of buying a dual channel kit! Usually around 70 to 80 bucks roughly!!

Any idea on this?
Thanks!
 
As long as its the same voltage, timings and speed they should work just fine. You should buy the same memory you already have just to make it easier on you.
 
Technically, memory sticks need to only be of the same capacity to run in dual channel mode. However, if you have two sticks of different speeds the faster stick will only be ran at the speed of the slower stick. Also, there is always a chance of memory sticks simply not wanting to work with each other. Buying memory in kits of identical pairs removes this chance.
 
PohTayToez said:
Technically, memory sticks need to only be of the same capacity to run in dual channel mode. However, if you have two sticks of different speeds the faster stick will only be ran at the speed of the slower stick. Also, there is always a chance of memory sticks simply not wanting to work with each other. Buying memory in kits of identical pairs removes this chance.
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It doesn't completely remove this chance, but it reduces it massively. I have had unmathced, apparently matched, memory several times, and not from unbranded or low quality manufacturers (Have had it happened with coirsair and OCZ a couple of times).

Are you sure that your motherboard can take 8GB total memory before you go and buy it? Just because it can have 2 sticks, doesn't mean it will support 4GB in each slot
 
Aastii said:
It doesn't completely remove this chance, but it reduces it massively. I have had unmathced, apparently matched, memory several times, and not from unbranded or low quality manufacturers (Have had it happened with coirsair and OCZ a couple of times).

Are you sure that your motherboard can take 8GB total memory before you go and buy it? Just because it can have 2 sticks, doesn't mean it will support 4GB in each slot
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Well, sometimes it's the RAM sticks that don't like working with each other, and sometimes it's the motherboard not wanting to work with the RAM. When two identical sticks don't work together, I'm pretty sure it's incompatibility with the motherboard rather than with each other, even when one works by itself.
 
PohTayToez said:
Well, sometimes it's the RAM sticks that don't like working with each other, and sometimes it's the motherboard not wanting to work with the RAM. When two identical sticks don't work together, I'm pretty sure it's incompatibility with the motherboard rather than with each other, even when one works by itself.
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There is no communication between ram modules. So ram modules working together?
 
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