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You won’t have to worry about CAS latency, timings etc. as long as you buy the RAM in a kit. Get a 2x8GB kit. As long as its on the QVL list, you’re good.
When I built my PC a year ago. I started off with one 2x4GB kit and then a couple months later, bought another of the same to bring me up to 16GB. They were the same brand, model and speed but different lots. Haven’t had any problems. TBO, I think the business of the RAM needing to be from the same lot, is BS. I can’t find any definitive examples of mismatched lots causing problems. Mixing different brands I could see as a potential issue.
I’ve always thought it odd that there are standards for RAM, but hardware meant for that RAM won’t work with all of it.