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Originally Posted by JFreak
If other specs match, then yes. Problem is you need to be on the nerd side to make sure, so most are suggesting all of the sticks come from same batch.
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It's worse than just getting the right timing specs. Even if you get DIMMs from a reputable supplier and manufacturer and they claim some timing specs they still may not work, or may not work in a system with other DIMMs that also meet the same claimed timing specs. This is why motherboard OEMs spend so much time and effort qualifying DIMMs by exact model/part numbers not just by timing specs (and if you are in PC land, use those vendor qualified parts). In Mac land at least just go for all the same DIMMs, from vendors who sell to the Mac market == more chance if issues happen they will have seen them.
You often have no guarantee of if DIMMs or their components come from the same manufacturing "batch" (or what exactly that even means, DIMM manufacturing batch, DRAM chip batch, DIMM firmware version etc.) but you can look for exact part numbers and that tends to help make sure they are as identical as possible. Sometimes manufactures will have part numbers and revision numbers/codes. Even better to have all that match.