Questions About DDR4 2800MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX

So I just have a (seemingly) quick question regarding the DDR4 2800MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM.

I just purchased my system and got 16GB (4 X 4GB) DDR4 2800MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM for it, and if anyone has read my other post, knows my concern regarding how that memory may or may not be sufficient enough to handle my Titan X graphics card that I'm getting as well.


So where am I going with this? I'll get right to it:


With the memory I've chosen, being 4 sticks of 4GB, totaling 16GB, am I able to buy, on my own, ANOTHER 4x4GB pack of the same memory and plug it into my motherboard and have it work fine (equallying 8 sticks of 4GB each)?

When you look up the specifications when customizing a PC on Digital Storm they list that, in their builds with 32GB of DDR4 2800MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX, they use 8 sticks of 4GB cards. However I can't find anywhere else online where this is possible or not possible.

The motherboard I'm using is the ASUS X99-DELUXE (Intel X99 Chipset), which lists on it that it does indeed HAVE 8 slots for DDR4 RAM, but it is possible to set it up in the manner I have described?


Please excuse my ignorance regarding what is and isn't possible with RAM. The one thing I know about RAM is that you have to use the same size cards throughout (be it 2gb, 4gb, etc, as long as they're the same "size" and same type, being DDR3, DDR4 etc.)


Thanks in advance to anyone who could educate me a little better on this, and if my thinking is possible :)

Well first off thank you for the response.

And hm, what might those limitations be? Again excuse my ignorance.


Can anyone else help clarify what Frank said on whether or not my thoughts on adding 4 more 4GB cards on my own to the system I'm buying from Digital Storm is a possibility or not?

I keep reading things like "quad channel" and stuff and I don't know if that means you can only use 4 sticks of memory to reach your maximum RAM allowed by the motherboard (even though the motherboard I'm having put in my build has 8 DDR4 slots.

Which you'd think would be a common sense answer for me right there, however reading all these additional things and not finding my answer anywhere online..I start having doubts to (possibly) common sense answers >.<

Filling all the ram slots will keep your quad channel.    It needs ram in banks of four, so all eight is fine.

A possible issue is that filling all the slots puts more stress on the memory controller built into the cpu and might require a tweak in your overclock to keep it stable.   But, you never know until you do it, from my understanding.   4x8gb is less stress than 8x4gb. Less slots filled.

If the overclock is effected, DS could help over the phone. What you want is definitely doable.

Cool, I appreciate everyone's responses. When I receive my computer I'll add the additional memory that I purchase myself and hopefully all goes well lol. If I have any issues with it after getting the memory, I'll contact Digital Storm for fixes.


I got a few more in depth answers from a few computer savvy people I know as well as you fine folks here.


The only concern I think I have with it now (which may not even be an issue) is that it turns out this memory I'm getting apparently has a base speed of 2133MHz? Yet all over the advertisement for it everywhere, not just Digital Storm lists it at 2800MHz. So I guess 2800MHz is its tested speed. So I guess depending on what my RAM is at when I get my computer from Digital Storm that THEY set my RAM at, I may have to mess with the RAM that I PURCHASE if it comes out of the box at a different speed.


So many delicate things lol