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Miss matching RAM is very random, most of the time its fine but you can get a scenario where the memory sticks hate each other or the motherboard has no clue what the hell you are doing and has a mental break down.
 
Worst case scenario is the sticks are not compatible and a pir of the sticks gotta go, now if you buy another 2x4 it most likely will work but if you buy a 2x8 trying to miss match then with your 2x4 it may also work but I suspect the older sticks most likely use A0 PCB layout while the new 8GB sticks probably use the A1 or A2... 
 
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Budget (including currency): £500 max
Country: UK
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Valorant, Fortnite, Roblox, Apex Legends
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 
PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £138.79 @ Amazon UK Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £108.91 @ Newegg UK Storage Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £84.04 @ Ebuyer Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £44.98 @ CCL Computers   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total £376.72   Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-08 21:30 GMT+0000    
So I want to build a budget PC for my little brother. 
I came up with the part list above and needed help on choosing a motherboard and whether it's best to go for ATX or mini-ATX. Also need advice on a case and GPU.
He currently has an old prebuilt desktop with a Radeon 6670 on it. I also have a GTX 470 I could use but not sure if it's better. He mostly plays esports titles like Valorant and Fortnite and does his school work on it.
He has 1080p 60Hz monitor so that is the target. Would the 6670 or 470 be ok for that? Should I look for a used 970 or something?
Any advice appreciated🙂

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This is against the Community Standards ;
 
If you need help choosing a GPU, please make a thread where you indicate your need, your use case, your budget, and location so that others can help. Just pitting 2 GPUs against each other isn't helpful and will lead to pointless bickering.

2070 Super, unless the 2080 is the same price or less expensive somehow.
Do you really need a 2070S for Minecraft and Fortnite though..? Or if you mean Minecraft RTX, I'd wait a couple of months for new GPUs to launch.

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strongly consider waiting, its not that far off. 
 
and no problem.

Oh okay thanks
 

I did a system backup/recovery and tried everything again but it didn't help. I tried the 256x version from the texturepack RAM total is now around 9gb. I'm waiting for a friend to try the 512x because he has 32 gb RAM to compare.

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