Mixing Vengeance LPX Black with Vengeance Blue LED

[IronMike1982]

I have a I7 8700 on a GIGABYTE Z370P-D3 with Corsair Vengeance Blue LED 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Dual Channel Kit.

Due to the processor cooler size, i cannot stick on the mainboard another kit of memory.

My question is the following: can I mix the Corsair Vengeance Blue LED with Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15?

The specifications of the timing are the same for both modules: 15-17-17-35.

 

Thank you for the answer!

[Syberon]

I have a I7 8700 on a GIGABYTE Z370P-D3 with Corsair Vengeance Blue LED 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Dual Channel Kit.

Due to the processor cooler size, i cannot stick on the mainboard another kit of memory.

My question is the following: can I mix the Corsair Vengeance Blue LED with Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15?

The specifications of the timing are the same for both modules: 15-17-17-35.

 

Thank you for the answer!

 

This is a matter of luck. Even if you have the same kits you can have the troubles. Earlyer i has a Vengeance LPX 3000 (15-17-17-35) 2 x 8Gb ver 5.20 and wanted to extend by getting of another same kit. I got another kit with vesion 3.20 (or some, i forgot) and all worked stable, but after some time kit 3.20 are broken and i changed it in store. Replacement kit has version 5.30 and it worked stable with kit version 5.20 only on default frequencies 2133Mhz. After i select XMP profile or manually set parameters for 3000Mhz system wont boot up.

After couple of months of trying to get worked it together i sold both this kits and buy one kit of 4 modules and now it works good.

Edited December 16, 2018 by Syberon

[Corsair Mordred]

Hi Ironmike,

 

So long as you keep the modules from a single kit within the same channel you *should* be ok.

However as Syberon mentioned; mixing and matching kits/modules can be pot luck as far as compatibility is concerned.

 

Regards,

Mordred