Info about wich RAM is better to buy

[Reefa_Madness]

Hi! first of all thank you so much for your kind help!

I was already convinced that it is better (especially theorically) get a 16gb kit (4 x 4gb) but for the moment I have not enough money for that, so I bought on second hand for a very good price a 8gb kit (2 x 4gb F3-2400C10D-8GTD):

so, at the moment for me the point is to understand if i can encounter some problem if I buy today this model "F3-2400C10D-8GTD" and in the future the other model "F3-2400C10D-8GTX" for to be used togheter.

I understand perfectly that the best configuration is to buy the 16gb complete kit, but my curiosity and interest is what are the differences between the two models, if they are different, and if they are, from which technical aspect. Just for to understand if I can be able to use them mixed.


Have a wonderful day and thanks again!

Don't know if you are familiar, or not, with the way you can "decode" the GSkill Serial Numbers to clue you in on what memory chips are being used and when the ram was produced, but if you aren't familiar, then check out the thread linked below.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...-G-Skill-s-SNs

If you are going to try to find a match for your first kit at a later date then in order to increase your chances of the two kits working well together you need to match the first 4 digits of the serial number as closely as possible (Year & week manufactured) and you must match the next 3 (IC code). The last digits of the S/N are sequential for the batch that they are a part of, so if you can first match the IC, then the Yr & week, getting as close as possible on the last part of the number would be a big plus, although extremely hard to do if purchasing second hand.

Order of importance would be (A) the 5th - 7th digits [the memory IC code] (B) the 1st - 4th digits [the production Yr & Wk] and then (C) the sequential numbers beginning with the 9th digit thru the last digit.