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<blockquote data-quote="sg09" data-source="post: 913413" data-attributes="member: 79090">I have an assembled desktop which is 6 years old but is still good enough for my work. I have recently upgraded to SSD and bought another 2 Tb HDD for additional storage. Now I also want to upgrade the RAM from 8 Gb to 24 Gb.<a href="https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/75122/intel-core-i7-4770-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz.html" target="_blank">Intel i7-4770</a> (CPU) + <a href="https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/72031/intel-desktop-board-db85fl.html" target="_blank">Intel DB85FL</a> (Motherboard) support upto 32 Gb of RAM.Pardon my lack of knowledge on hardware. My motherboard has 4 RAM slots (two blue &amp; two black).[ATTACH=full]248867[/ATTACH]I have two 4 Gb Corsair RAMs installed at the two blue slots (<a href="https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/High-Performance-Memory/Vengeance%C2%AE-%E2%80%94-4GB-Single-Module-DDR3-Memory-Kit/p/CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9#tab-tech-specs" target="_blank">SKU CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9</a>). Now can I install two 8 Gb Corsair RAMs at the two black slots (<a href="https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Memory/High-Performance-Memory/Vengeance%C2%AE-%E2%80%94-8GB-DDR3-Memory-Kit/p/CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10" target="_blank">SKU CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10</a>).Please understand that I have very basic understanding of the hardware and afraid of compatibility issues. This is why I am mentioning the model numbers and SKU. I prefer to keep the old RAMs as those are working fine.I&#039;d highly appreciate any suggestion or help in this regard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sg09, post: 913413, member: 79090"] I have an assembled desktop which is 6 years old but is still good enough for my work. I have recently upgraded to SSD and bought another 2 Tb HDD for additional storage. Now I also want to upgrade the RAM from 8 Gb to 24 Gb. [URL='https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/75122/intel-core-i7-4770-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz.html']Intel i7-4770[/URL] (CPU) + [URL='https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/72031/intel-desktop-board-db85fl.html']Intel DB85FL[/URL] (Motherboard) support upto 32 Gb of RAM. Pardon my lack of knowledge on hardware. My motherboard has 4 RAM slots (two blue & two black). [ATTACH type="full" alt="81Sc7XnkRqL._SX679_.jpg"]248867[/ATTACH] I have two 4 Gb Corsair RAMs installed at the two blue slots ([URL='https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/High-Performance-Memory/Vengeance%C2%AE-%E2%80%94-4GB-Single-Module-DDR3-Memory-Kit/p/CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9#tab-tech-specs']SKU CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9[/URL]). Now can I install two 8 Gb Corsair RAMs at the two black slots ([URL='https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Memory/High-Performance-Memory/Vengeance%C2%AE-%E2%80%94-8GB-DDR3-Memory-Kit/p/CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10']SKU CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10[/URL]). Please understand that I have very basic understanding of the hardware and afraid of compatibility issues. This is why I am mentioning the model numbers and SKU. I prefer to keep the old RAMs as those are working fine. I'd highly appreciate any suggestion or help in this regard. [/QUOTE]

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