<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#3333ff"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">It is better to have the same speed ram, but t</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">ypically you can get different speed ram to work without crashing/etc by placing the slower one in the first slot (eg marked as slot 0). Also you can often set the ram speed in the bios to the slower speed to avoid issues. Faster ram will work at lower speeds but not the other way around. Ram is cheap though so often it's better to just by the fastest and biggest ram you can afford.</span><div><font color="#3333ff" face="tahoma, sans-serif">J<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">D</span></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:17 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>It will usually figure out some level of compatibility that it *will* work, until you start getting weird segfaults or crashes for no apparent reason. My new used laptop came with mismatched 2x2 16gb sticks and *worked*, but not something I want to test with 128gb of ram going into it when I tend to actually use it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I've dealt with it a few times in my life that it's worth some expense to avoid all that with matched sticks.</div><div><br></div><div>-mb</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:08 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Some laptops and NUC's are single channel or will default to that if they cannot match for dual channel compatibility.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 2:07 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">interesting. well, I must be one-lucky-dog then! I mis-matched an 8GB and a 4GB with no ill effects.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 6:01 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I would highly recommend NOT mixing and matching sticks of ram, this has never ended well for me, particularly since most everything is dual-channel configs these days and really need to be paired exactly per bank. If you do/must, match them up as close as possible in terms of speed, cas/ras latency, etc, or only use the exact same ram down to the model number. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I've long ago stopped mixing and matching sticks of ram for weird pc crashes, I always put them in as a set now. Matched sets by batch are best, or if needing a bunch of sticks for a server, buying a batch of same sticks used of ebay out of the same server has been good to me too, just make sure to run a memtest on them first to make sure they're good if used. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Likewise test if using off brand random sticks, they're probably cheap for a reason ie. 2nd rate parts. These days I only use samsung memory.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-mb</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 2:34 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the tip! <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">if your motherboard/bios is well designed yes, they will run at the slower speed. you can even encourage this compatibility by installing the slower module in the first memory channel.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:32 PM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks! Does that mean both will be the slower speed?</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 3:31 PM Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">technically yes. but one is faster than the other.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 1:57 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;color:rgb(35,31,32);text-align:left;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 2px" align="left"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/324592214962" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/itm/324592214962</a></h3><div><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/324588786229?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11050.m43.l1123&mkcid=26&ch=osgood&euid=928c7022651c489a853c83def083a70e&bu=44153278520&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20220913222229&segname=11050" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/itm/324588786229?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11050.m43.l1123&mkcid=26&ch=osgood&euid=928c7022651c489a853c83def083a70e&bu=44153278520&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20220913222229&segname=11050</a></div><div>If they are, how is the more expensive one better?<br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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