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I currently have 2 of the following RAM sticks on my PC: http://a.co/iu4ANr4
I decided to add more so I bought those: http://a.co/cwRzb4I
Basically both are the same frequency/size/Pins/Voltage/DDR3. The difference is in the CAS Latency and timing.
The I have is: 11-11-11-28 The new one is 10-10-10-30
Would that cause any issues? I heard that all will adapt to the slower ones. Is there a big difference between 10 and 11?
onlyforthis
Posted 2017-07-07T17:08:26.290
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This didn't go well for me. I faced instability issues for a while after mixing RAMs with different specs. My PC finally stopped booting up until I installed RAMs with the same specifications.
onlyforthis
Posted 2017-07-07T17:08:26.290
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As far as I know, it won't hurt to try. Your computer may not boot, or may not be stable if it does boot, but your hardware shouldn't get damaged (I'm not sure if your software would be at risk but it's always a good idea to keep a backup just in case). That said, you'd be better off buying a set of the ram you want, and you could have easily found an answer for this question using google.
Sebastian Hahn
Posted 2017-07-07T17:08:26.290
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I wasn't completely satisfied with Google results and I wanted to explain the issue specifically. Thanks. – onlyforthis – 2017-07-08T09:42:32.053
Hi Sebastian. Usually there are various opinions on those kinds of problems. Looking for different point of views while providing the specifics of my issue wouldn't do any harm I guess. Also I was looking for a logical explanation (Not only yes/no but also why). Most of the results (your answer included) do not provide the kind of details I'm looking for. Best of luck. – onlyforthis – 2017-07-09T20:02:06.150
Also, stack exchange is not a forum for opinions and points of view. And if you want to know WHY ram can't be mixed, then that's what you should ask. You specifically asked if mixing ram would "cause any issues" and the answer is maybe. It depends on the specific ram, and the motherboard. The only way to know is to try it, but mixing ram isn't ideal, and if you're trying to mix ram instead of doing things properly, then you shouldn't be concerned with any difference in performance. You'll be lucky if it works at all. – Sebastian Hahn – 2017-07-11T10:52:03.020
see my answer here: https://superuser.com/questions/593772/calculate-performance-of-ram-using-timing-and-speed#593794
– Frank Thomas – 2017-07-07T18:47:02.737