Just How Bad is Mixing Memory?

See what happens when you mix RAM DIMMS from different manufacturers!

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Memory Kit Info:
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 3000MHz
Corsair Vengeance RGB 8x8GB 2666MHz
Crucial Ballistix 2x16GB 3200MHz
Crucial Ballistix RGB 2x8GB 3200MHz
G.Skill Sniper X 2x8GB 3400MHz
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB 4000MHz
G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x8GB 3600MHz

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

[luke]

Madison playing the role of a mad scientist is quite fitting

[Tense]

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[yourfriendben]

I've been using 32gb (4x8gb) of ram with my b450 and Ryzen 5 5600 for over a couple months with 100% reliability, 2 sticks are 3200 and the other 2 are 2666. I don't care a terrible about about speed, so I set them all to run slower at 2666 and have had absolutely no issues

[wentan]

thank god there is linus to answer all of our random computer questions

[adamgreenhill]

One day he's gonna say "We don't need a segue, thanks to our sponsor, Segway!"

[Afroduck]

I'm waiting for another Mean Comments video where it's just Madison reading all of them to Linus, then she shows the cards and they're all blank.

[matixd]

I mixed 2 sets of 2x4 ddr3, different speeds. Only thing that caused issues was having XMP enabled, but I was able to OC the lower speed ram manually and have been running it like that for at least 3 years

[Altrop]

I've mixed before and as long as the speed and timings match I've honestly always been able to run dual channel.. Both on AMD and Intel systems. I know this was a problem 10+ years ago but nowadays it's not that bad at all.

[Gcrowan]

How about a tech tip for you guys: If you make charts that compare things, put them both on the screen at the same time, so you can actually compare them.

[karoufox]

"As long as your workload doesn't exceed the capacity of the smallest module"
Ah, maybe that extra 2 GB stick in my computer isn't a good idea...

[EC-olnz]

20 years ago it was the same problem with Cas timing. Size of MB or GB was not important... the chip on the module were! As long as u had the minimum recommendation, it worked and upgrade were easier. Hundreds of my customers were happy and they all thought I had magic special upgrades for their computers🤣Samsung and Micron were King👑 back then. Great test Linus ✊ Running Pentium 3 and Tx motherboards Cas and Latency were and still are important 😎

[russbetts]

Thanks for another very informative computer related video. I was always told mixing RAM modules would cause problems, but I have an ASUS E35M1-M Pro motherboard from 2011, which has two sticks of DDR3 4 GB RAM; one
Corsair XMS-3 and one 'no-name' stick of DDR3 4 GB RAM. They've worked happily alongside each other in my Spare PC since 2015, when I built my gaming PC. So much for all the warnings of 'dire consequences' from various 'experts'. Keep'em coming. Russ. UK

[mariobelford]

I love how madison is acting like she is installing the ram in the intro and then we zoom into some else's fingers pushing it into the slot.

[Presleympofu]

Shout out to the notebooks with unremovable 4GB RAM and one extra slot when they support up to 32GB of RAM 🚮

[psilocube]

40 years old and just now getting into tech. Thank you so much for this. I paid a local kid to build be a gaming computer. my ram is very minimal and buffrs sometimes during youtube.

[robbiemckinnon]

Upgraded my GF's HP all-in-one PC awhile back with a memory module (and an SSD too) that I had laying around in the 'ol spares box, worked great.
And just bought myself a lenovo T580 laptop and upped it from 8 GB to 24 GB using the OE 8 GB stick and a new16 GB stick and it's cruising along just perfectly. So it can be done.

[Momonga-so]

I just can't believe Madison is actually Linus' employee.

[pablocantillanopalma]

"Everyone knows mixing different RAM is bad" and here is me who didn't know

[JQuattro]

Great video! I work at Best Buy and this video gave me. better understanding of RAM compatibility that I can communicate to customers. Thank you!

[writepro]

LTT is like an addiction for u to keep opening ur pc and make a heart surgery on it