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Can I use 1333 MHz and 1600 MHz RAM together?

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Mar 15, 202663699 views
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I currently have 2x1GG 1333MHz DDR3 strips. I plan to purchase a further 2x4GG 1600Mhz strips. Will I be able to use both sets of RAM in my PC together? Will they both be limited to 1333Mhz? Old RAM: Corsair cm3x1024-1333c9dhx New RAM: Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Motherboard: Asus p5k3 Deluxe

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Mixing RAM sticks of different timings may or may not work. Memory has a lot of other timings besides the MHz rating and if the memory controller cannot find a set of timings that both sets of modules supports then your computer may not boot or may …

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