jadinolf
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| Are these memory sticks interchangeable ?
Just curious
»www.newegg.com/product/product.a···20141307
»www.newegg.com/product/product.a···20231036
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jadinolf
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Vathral
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Re: Are these memory sticks interchangeable ?
As in being able to use 1 of each in the same system? Yes. |
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srr2
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What do you mean by "interchangeable"?
Will they run in the same system? Maybe. Probably.
Will they run in dual channel? Um, who knows. Probably not. |
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jadinolf
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| Obviously I too stoopid to ask properly so let me 'splain better.
I have three computers and each one has ONE of the Kingston sticks in it. If I add a G. Skill stick to the motherboard will they work together?
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CylonRed
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jadinolf
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said by Vathral  :As in being able to use 1 of each in the same system? Yes. That's really what I wanted to know.
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jadinolf
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said by CylonRed :Same speed and same DDR so - yes - it should be just fine. Great. I'm going to order a couple tonite.
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koitsu
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The correct answer is not "yes", but "maybe".
There is absolutely no guarantee that the SPD timings on two different manufacturers' products will be 100% identical. There are even examples of different revisions of the same product by the same manufacturer differing to the point where the modules do not work together. Corsair has history of doing this, and they use DRAM from well-known manufacturers.
To give you some idea of what I'm talking about (this isn't an exact replica of a potential situation, but it justifies what I'm saying):
»koitsu.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/···n-e-sli/
Take my advice: buy the exact same memory made by the same vendor, and buy them at the same time. Do not mix-and-match memory, regardless of what PCxxxx speeds or DDRxxx speeds you see labelled on the package. That's just one aspect to memory which has to match.
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| koitsu, thanks for the post. I am just so curious, I think I will just try one memory stick and see how it behaves. There is no urgency because I use XP and 1Gig of memory is more than enough for me. My birthday is Tuesday and I want to spend some of my birthday present money. 
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m8trix
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Oleg
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As long as those sicks the same type why would there be a problem?
Watch out for ECC and none ECC RAM. |
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Dream Killer
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Watch out for single-sided and double-sided RAM as well.
EDIT: The Kingston RAM is double-sided (16x chips) and the G.Skill seems to be as well - it should be fine. Don't worry about latency mismatch too much, I have sucessfully installed four different (in latency and brand) types of DDR RAM before and still had dual-channel working. |
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Didn't look @ the wordpress link, but the statement here was accurate. Always pays to use the same DDR sticks in a Rig, for sure. Takes the guess work and compatibility out of the picture, perhaps  |
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PeeWee
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jadinolf
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| said by PeeWee :Why not take the two you have (in each computer) put them in one and the new ram in the other? Good idea. Thanks.
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said by m8trix :down load cpu-z and let us know what make and model ram you already have and the timings on them and we might be able to find you the same one or one most likely to work with it Sorry for the delay
The RAM is the Kingston shown in the original post.
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