# Can I use different RAM sticks?

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981 "2022-02-09T04:10:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Not\_The\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@John\_Not\_The\_Ripper](https://community.frame.work/u/John_Not_The_Ripper)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981/1 "2022-02-09T04:10:11Z")

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Can I install 2 RAM sticks of different types, like 16+32 or even totally different manufacturers?

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**Author:** ![Josh\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@Josh\_Cook](https://community.frame.work/u/Josh_Cook)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981/2 "2022-02-09T04:45:45Z")

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It should work but never best practice.

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**Author:** ![GhostLegion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/ghostlegion/32/3356_2.png) [@GhostLegion](https://community.frame.work/u/GhostLegion)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981/3 "2022-02-09T05:03:27Z")

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Sure but they will run worse for it. At mismatched speeds they will run at the slowest speed that both support. Expect extended memory training on first boot

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/3X/2/9/29ae21b49160259c0afc2476385bbf174eb32aaa.jpeg "Just How Bad is Mixing Memory?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTS0ybQ3lCI)

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Schofield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Peter\_Schofield](https://community.frame.work/u/Peter_Schofield)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981/4 "2022-02-09T13:34:18Z")

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you will also lose dual channel support because that requires matched pairs.

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**Author:** ![GhostLegion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/ghostlegion/32/3356_2.png) [@GhostLegion](https://community.frame.work/u/GhostLegion)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981/5 "2022-02-09T18:57:34Z")

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> [@Peter\_Schofield](#):
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> you will also lose dual channel support because that requires matched pairs.

Not necessarily, if you watch the video linked above, you will see that if asynchronous dual-channel is supported by the processor then matched sets of ram are not required with some limitations

No idea if Tiger Lake supports that feature however

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**Author:** ![PavaMax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/pavamax/32/11972_2.png) [@PavaMax](https://community.frame.work/u/PavaMax)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-i-use-different-ram-sticks/14981/6 "2022-10-11T14:42:56Z")

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In most cases you don’t even see the differences