Monday, August 17, 2015

memory - RAM Upgrade Confusion

I have a Zoostorm PC with a ASUS B85M-GAMER Motherboard. I decided today I wanted to upgrade the RAM, as I will be installing an SSD, but was intrigued to find the 12 GB of RAM was two sticks;



  • RAM Stick #1 – 8 GB DDR3 – 1600 UDIMM 1.5V CL13

  • RAM Stick #2 – 4 GB DDR3 – 1600 (PC3 12800) UDIM


These are the original RAM sticks, but I'm really confused, as firstly, I thought RAM had to be the same size ideally, and secondly, one stick is UDIM, one is UDIMM, and they both have different product numbers etc. (although looking the same)


I would like to upgrade a further 16 GB of RAM, but am unsure whether two 8 GB sticks is best, or whether I should use 8 GB and 4 GB, like the PC already contains?

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