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. 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. 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. -mb On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 2:34 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Thanks for the tip! > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> 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. >> >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:32 PM Michael wrote: >> >>> Thanks! Does that mean both will be the slower speed? >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 3:31 PM Stephen Partington >>> wrote: >>> >>>> technically yes. but one is faster than the other. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 1:57 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < >>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/324592214962 >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> If they are, how is the more expensive one better? >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss