3 Things to Know About Mixing RAM Sticks With Different Timings

Match your RAM stick’s timings if you can The motherboard will run both sticks at the slower stick’s timings, so you lose a bit of performance.

Different timings risk stability issues They can cause random crashes, boot failures, or worse — memory errors you won’t notice until your files corrupt.

It might work, but don’t risk it The performance loss and potential instability aren’t worth the gamble.