My new desktop came with 16 GB RAM (2 chips with 8 GB ea) - I want two more 8GB chips, do I order two "8GB kits or one "16 GB kit"?
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If your board support four chips go with two more eights. Nearly all Motherboards need memory added in pairs. If money is not a problem I would pluck out the two existing chips and buy two 16 gig chips.
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You can put up to 32 Gig 4 X 8Gig sticks or 4 4Gig sticks = 16Gig which is what I am upgrading from because I am maxing it out to 32. Hope you understand now.
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I was looking at this model at Microcenter today and I assume it has the same specs. It has 4 memory slots and 2 are taken with 2 4gb sticks, so you should be able to add two more to give a total of 16gb.
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Remember if you are planning on going to 32 gigs its better to have a match set, if you are only planing on using 16gb and later on upgrade than get 2X8 matching sticks. The board is design for a match set and performs better.
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You can get two 4 GB sticks of memory instead. Here is the Amazon link. Good luck. Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)Willis (Bill) Van Gorder
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Mine came with 2 x 2Gb memories, it has two slots so you may buy a 2 x 4Gb kit and replace the actual memories
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I maxed out the memory on my machine to 16GB. In your case, I think you will have to pair the RAM up. Two 4GB sticks on slots 1 and 3, and then two 2GB sticks on slots 2 and 4. (Or it may be the other way around.) I would just make sure that the speed of the RAM are identical. In other words, the originals are 1600MHz RAM, the additional ones should also be that too.
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there is 24gb of RAM installed upgradeable to 32gb. is there currently an open slot for the additional 8gb or will i have to toss out all 24gb in there and buy 32gb of RAM for the upgrade?
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According to ASUS specs this should be an 8 gb max ram while retailing at 4gb. It is true that the two available slots are occupied. However, that should not stop one from upgrading by replacing the 2gb x 2 to 4gb x 2. I have ordered one and have talked to asus tech support which says it is possible and the complete line up has an 8gb max by default
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Yup, you just have to buy the two 8GB ram sticks and replace the two 4GB ram sticks currently in the computer. However, there are only 2 RAM slots, so you wont be able to have four 4GB sticks, but instead 2 8GB RAM sticks
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16GB is the maximum ram this computer will take, which is what I put in mine
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Sorry, you will have to look it up but I would guess 16gb. I have a 4gb and an 8gb chip in, total 12gb.L
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My Dell ran so bad as it turned out there were 2 1gb chips. I didn't know there were 2 chips when I got the 2gb chip. I am curious if I might get another 2gb but with the 1 and the 2 chip, the computer improved a great deal. Like I said, take it to a computer person to help if you don't figure it out. They shouldn't charge much of anything for something so small.... if anything at all really. I had a problem at first, but somehow it all worked out by experimentation if I recall. That's all I know about this. :)
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Check the specifications for your PC - especially the capacity of RAM for that specific motherboard. I suspect it will be 4GB max, much faster than what you have now. If there are four bays, you can try and add the two stick and see what the motherboard will accept at boot-up. Before ordering, be sure your memory sticks match.
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8GB and just 2 slots on the small form factor. If you buy it make sure you let us know because you are going to want 64bit instead of the default 32bit to read the extra RAM. Thanks, Computer World
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Those are actually a pair of 4GB modules. If you you buy two of them, you would get the 16GB you aiming at. The only downside is that, since mid-2010 iMacs have only 4 memory slots, you'll have to ditch the two 2GB modules that originally came with your machine. You may want to consider keeping the original modules and add only one pair of 4GB modules, to a total of 12GB, if it's not crucial for you to reach 16GB.
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You can use 2 sticks of 8GB each for a total of 16 GB. If you are using Linux instead of Windows you may need to download new chipset drivers.