will this work?

Flydude11 · September 25, 2019

I'm building my first pc. The mobo i will be using is a x570 crosshair 8 hero and the ram i have ordered is this
https://www.newegg.ca/g-skill-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232880?Item=N82E16820232880

Now after reading this article https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-3000-best-memory-timings,6310-2.html I would like to run 2 of these kits

The kits are supported on the mobo qvl. And are single rank from what i have read. Can i run 2 of these kits? Or do i need to step upto this?
https://www.newegg.ca/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232881

As far as i can tell they seem to be the same ram just in a 4 pack. I live in a small town and buying pc components just isn't available in my area. The 2x8 pack is already on it's way from newegg. Having to to return the 2x8 and ship the new 4x8 would delay my build by quite a bit. Especially as it will be shipping from the U.S. to canada, plus after factoring in shipping the 2x8 back for return would be more expensive, not to mention inconvenient. I'm really hoping i can get away with just ordering another identical 2x8 pack.Am i correct from reading that article that this would be good setup? And if so should simply buying the additional 2x8 work?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for reading....

P.S. i have no plans to overclock the ram, the plan is simply to set it and forget it......

Derrk · September 25, 2019

ordering a 2nd kit of identical memory will be fine. just make sure its absolutely the same kit (F4-3600C16D-16GVKC). It can be a little more difficult to achieve the rated DOCP settings with quad channel memory, but a little extra voltage should help you hit 3600mhz

Turtle Rig · September 25, 2019

6 minutes ago, Derrk said:

ordering a 2nd kit of identical memory will be fine. just make sure its absolutely the same kit (F4-3600C16D-16GVKC). It can be a little more difficult to achieve the rated DOCP settings with quad channel memory, but a little extra voltage should help you hit 3600mhz

The QVL is all bs IMO. Soo many instances Ive had RAM not be on it but work fine with the board. If the mobo is that picky it can only use certain RAM then the heck with the mobo get a better one sorta.

Derrk · September 25, 2019

53 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

The QVL is all bs IMO. Soo many instances Ive had RAM not be on it but work fine with the board. If the mobo is that picky it can only use certain RAM then the heck with the mobo get a better one sorta.

i mostly agree, manufacturers don't update their QVLs often enough or detailed enough to include every compatible memory kit, but ryzen can be very picky when it comes to memory. My first memory kit i got for my x470 wasn't QVL and crashed all the time. I returned that and found a better kit which still isn't on the QVL, but its running perfectly, OC'd 200mhz past DOCP with tighter timings. Just want to let OP know he'll be fine getting a 2nd memory kit that matches his 2x8 kit

BigRom · September 25, 2019

3 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

The QVL is all bs IMO. Soo many instances Ive had RAM not be on it but work fine with the board. If the mobo is that picky it can only use certain RAM then the heck with the mobo get a better one sorta.

It was more relevant for 1st gen Ryzen when the chips were still really picky about RAM, but its gotten less relevant since as Ryzen now kinda just runs whatever you put it in (overclocking potential aside)

My friend's Ryzen 1700 basically refused to run my Kingston 3200Mhz kit, blue screens galore and it doesn't matter whether XMP/DOCP is enabled or disabled. I got a bit further with my 2200G, but games crashing became a somewhat common issue and eventually I just got an old G.Skill Flare X kit because I was so over the crashing.