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Adding a ram stick made my PC SLOWER

Patz
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Go to solution Solved by TH3R34P3R,

you are running in single channel :) see if you can put the sticks in so they are in dual. 

 

Also, try to run userbenchmark. that will tell you if you are experiencing issues with the ram. test it with one stick and with both. see what the scores are. if you need help interpreting them, drop the links of the results here. 

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So I just installed a new stick of RAM into my PC and for some reason I get way less fps now. Before I had 1x8GB of RAM and now I have 2x8GB. If anyone knows please tell me why this is happening, they should be the same type of RAM with only difference being is that they are not from the same manufacturer. I'll leave some before and after pictures of some benchmarks I did as well as pictures from CPU-Z if that helps.

Also my GPU and CPU are:

GTX 1070

i5-8400 @ 2.8Ghz

 

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They both have different latency. Maybe take one back and get matching sticks.

I hAve an unfinished pc build. Pls dont bully for not having one yet or i cry.

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you are running in single channel :) see if you can put the sticks in so they are in dual. 

 

Also, try to run userbenchmark. that will tell you if you are experiencing issues with the ram. test it with one stick and with both. see what the scores are. if you need help interpreting them, drop the links of the results here. 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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You put the sticks in slot 1 and 2, meaning they will run in single channel. To run them in dual channel you need to put them in slot 1 and 3,  or slot 2 and 4. 

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You also may be able to change their timings in your bios to try to fix it, like @Medicate said, make sure their seated in the right dimm slots

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1 minute ago, Patz said:

Alright I changed the slots and now I am getting way better results. Thank you all for helping! ?

Your welcome young man!

I hAve an unfinished pc build. Pls dont bully for not having one yet or i cry.

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