Combing two difference rams?

Joelks · 25 Sep 2020 at 19:28

Please forgive me if this is a dumb question, I have next to no knowledge about PC parts. Basically I am currently using:

Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FWK2/16)

and I have some spare

Corsair 8GB DDR3 1866Mhz Vengeance Memory

Basically..can I use both together?

mickyflinn · 25 Sep 2020 at 19:31

Yes but there's no guarantee they will to work together.

Are you just adding 1 x 8gb corsair ?

Joelks · 25 Sep 2020 at 19:35

mickyflinn said:
Yes but there's no guarantee they will to work together.

Are you just adding 1 x 8gb corsair ?

Thanks, I've just opened the case and realised my CPU fan is covering the two spare RAM slots so thats that idea out the window lol

mickyflinn · 25 Sep 2020 at 19:47

Joelks said:
Thanks, I've just opened the case and realised my CPU fan is covering the two spare RAM slots so thats that idea out the window lol

You can always lift up the fan or put the fan on the back of the cooler depends if you need the extra ram.

Make sure you add 2 sticks of ram so it runs in dual channel .

Adding 1 x 8gb would be detrimental to this and can hinder performance

Russ26 · 26 Sep 2020 at 15:16

It may work but it's not recommended to mix different brands of RAM.