I think mixing RAM sticks is mostly fine today. Maybe you won’t get 100% performance but I don’t think it will be very noticeable. You may still run into issues with some capacity combinations depending on the mainboard/cpu. Regarding clock speeds usually all run on the clock of the slowest one.
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brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 4 months agoDamn I wish I would’ve known sooner. Isn’t there a concern of not matching the same drive similar to how you can’t mix and match RAM sticks?
raldone01@lemmy.world 4 months ago
poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
This really depends on your exact setup and might not be true for hardware raid.
Generally speaking, I would look into replacing that ageing raid with something more modern like Btrfs or ZFS where you are significantly more flexible with the drives used.
talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Not that I’m aware of, but I’m not as knowledgeable as someone else. I’m hoping some quick research or someone better can help. If I remember I can look later on this evening, but can’t at the moment.
viking@infosec.pub 4 months ago
You absolutely can mix and match RAM sticks, as long as their specs are the same. It’s not necessarily recommended as there might me compatibility issues, but usually ends up working just fine.