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Hi. I just want to know any ideas about this situation I'm in.

 

I have a Mobo with 2666Mhz with only 2 channels for RAM. I have 2x8GB Lexar DDR4 2666Mhz sticks installed. I won a HyperFury 1x16GB DDR4 3200Mhz RAM stick from a Christmas raffle. I plan to replace one of my 8GB with that new 16GB stick.

 

It will be on 1st channel = 16GB 3200Mhz

And then on 2nd channel = 8GB 2666Mhz

 

Will I have any incompatibility issues with this set of RAM in my PC?

 

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3 minutes ago, Superghigs said:

Hi. I just want to know any ideas about this situation I'm in.

 

I have a Mobo with 2666Mhz with only 2 channels for RAM. I have 2x8GB Lexar DDR4 2666Mhz sticks installed. I won a HyperFury 1x16GB DDR4 3200Mhz RAM stick from a Christmas raffle. I plan to replace one of my 8GB with that new 16GB stick.

 

It will be on 1st channel = 16GB 3200Mhz

And then on 2nd channel = 8GB 2666Mhz

 

Will I have any incompatibility issues with this set of RAM in my PC?

 

Your shiny new RAM stick will only run at the speed of your slower stick.

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You may want to buy an identical stick to your HyperFury 1x16GB DDR4 3200Mhz. Also what cpu and mobo?

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  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X w/ NZXT Kraken Z73 360mm Liquid Cooler
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) 5000MHz CL18
  • Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 Godlike
  • SSD: Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 1TB (x3)
  • PSU: Corsair AX1600i
  • Case: NZXT H710
  • Monitor: Alienware AW2521H 25inch 360Hz 1ms
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The outcome will depend on what you are after. Do you benefit more from having more RAM capacity (most likely when doing procuctivity tasks) or higher RAM speeds (Ryzen CPUs and gaming probably)? By running you new RAM and the other from old, the speed will be from slower stick, and you are gonna run them in single channel. But you are having 24Gb capacity.

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