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**emissary42** · 03-18-2014, 04:48 AM

It just says, that there is no guarantee that mixing two, not necessarily different, pairs of memory will function without trouble. Often times it does however, esp. if you pair up two kits of the same type. But if you run into trouble... don't blame anyone else. Even then, sometimes all it needs is a little bit of manual tweaking voltages and/or timings, to drive the occasional BSOD away.

In your example it might additionally be needed to reduce memory speed from DDR3-1866 to DDR3-1600, when going from two to four modules. That is due to a limitation of the processors integrated memory controller.

ps: With your usage profile 16GB memory should be more than enough by a long shot (ihmo).

**monarch** · 03-21-2014, 12:41 AM

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Thanks emissary42, I sincerely appreciate your response! BTW... my "usage profile" was written as somewhat of a joke. Looks like it backfired on me. Sorry... looks like the [dumb-***] in me has struck again. You are definitely correct in your statement that "16GB memory should be more than enough by a long shot" if you base that on my feeble attempt to get a few laughs. To be more correct and to set the record straight... I do vector graphics, light to medium CAD work, and fairly heavy audio and video work. Since day 1 in my life of computer building/repairing (which was around '82), someone whom I held high in esteem told me that adding more memory [up to a point] would increase speed and "breathe-ability". By breathe-ability, it was told to me that the machine would not be under so much stress, that electrically/electronically things would flow smoother and enact/react together with the software and other hardware in the machine much easier than by using the minimum RAM required just to operate the machine. At that time, and for many years later, RAM was ridiculously expensive... so it became that much harder to justify spending more money in order to get things inside that mysterious box to play nicer with one-another. OK, OK... another stupid analogy... but you old-timers should know what I mean. Anyway, I used to add more memory and along with a good "memory manager", that slow machine I was asked to fix was now (for all intents and circumstances), a screamer! So for better or for worse, memory was the first thing I looked at when someone's computer slowed down or had issues as soon as he/she added software that should have worked fine!

**emissary42** · 03-21-2014, 05:27 AM

Having multiple choice start files just to have the right memory manager and memory configuration to run your beloved applications. Now that was fun times.

As a system builder and repairs person you of course know for yourself, if you need more memory and what memory to get. Should it be required to manually configure timings and/or voltages, i guess you probably could do that in your sleep? So just go for it and snap yourself another piece of F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL. Maybe both run together out of the box without any fiddling, although that is not guaranteed... and that is all there is to that statement, you stumbled upon.

ps: I am not a native English speaker, so please bear with me and my daring attempts at this language. Thank you.

**monarch** · 04-10-2014, 08:08 AM

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Thanks once again, emissary42. Two things I would like to mention: It appears that you are no slouch in this "area" yourself. Quite knowledgeable! It's too bad that I can't shake your hand... oh well. Number two: Your attempt at this language looks to me to be as good or better than other folks who were born in this country and are native speakers!

I will take your suggestions into consideration if I do decide to upgrade the memory in my desktop. I appreciate it.

With respect...

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