are these two modules interchangeable?

[Michael]

interesting. well, I must be one-lucky-dog then! I mis-matched an 8GB and a
4GB with no ill effects.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 6:01 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> 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 at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tip!
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks! Does that mean both will be the slower speed?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 3:31 PM Stephen Partington <
>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> 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 at 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?
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>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
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>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
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