Ram
Ram
Hello! Your current 4GB DDR3 RAM at 800 MHz can likely run smoothly with an 8GB DDR3 at 1600 MHz, but performance may be limited by the slower memory. Consider upgrading if you want better speed and stability.
What are your system specifications? We need this information to proceed. Also, the topic has been shifted to CPUs, motherboards, and memory.
Merging them will keep your new RAM performing like your previous setup.
Consider keeping the existing RAM for stability, or upgrade to more RAM for better performance. It depends on your needs and system requirements.
You can remove the old RAM if desired, but the system will only use the same from each stick. This is because you have 4GB in two sticks, and the system will read them as four 4GB sticks at a slower speed. As @aimi pointed out, this doesn’t make sense, but the system needs matching memory to work properly, so it makes all the memory identical. Understand?