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Hi so I'm pretty new to building pc's so apologies for this noob question. Anyways Ive got a system with 16gb Team Group Vulcan T-Force 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz memory and looking to buy another 2x8 to bump the system up to 32. My motherboard is Asus Prime Z390M-Plus. My question is do i have to buy the same exact memory manufacturer ram for it to be compatible with my system or am i okay with going with a different brand as long as the parameters are the same? For example i found this on amazon would that be okay? *HyperX HX432C16PB3K2/16 Predator DDR4 16 GB (Kit 2 x 8 GB), 3200 MHz CL16 DIMM XMP *. Would that even work or do i need to buy 2x16gb?

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3 minutes ago, buklawu said:

Hi so I'm pretty new to building pc's so apologies for this noob question. Anyways Ive got a system with 16gb Team Group Vulcan T-Force 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz memory and looking to buy another 2x8 to bump the system up to 32. My motherboard is Asus Prime Z390M-Plus. My question is do i have to buy the same exact memory manufacturer ram for it to be compatible with my system or am i okay with going with a different brand as long as the parameters are the same? For example i found this on amazon would that be okay? *HyperX HX432C16PB3K2/16 Predator DDR4 16 GB (Kit 2 x 8 GB), 3200 MHz CL16 DIMM XMP *. Would that even work or do i need to buy 2x16gb?

Thank you all for answers!

As long as they have the same timings you should be fine but make sure that they have the same speeds because your cpu's memory controller runs all sticks at the speed of the slowest one 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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