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Hey guys I want to upgrade my ram, planning to buy a Trident Z Neo 3200mhz (F4-3200C16D-16GTZN) , a 2x8gb kit.

My question is whether using 2 of the kit to get 32gb won't cause any error, I'd buy a 4 sticks kit if it's possible but bleh, in my country no one selling them. Nobody even selling the CL14 version of the ram.

Why 32gb? because the PC often used to multitask a lot when I'm designing something.

 

If you need an info about my spec to help give an answer, it's :

CPU : 5600x (gonna upgrade to 5900x once the price in my country gets better)

Motherboard : MSI B550m Mortar (non wifi version)

 

Hopefully you guys can help me with this, because I swear...., RAM is the thing that confuses me a lot with their channels, CL, cas, whatever else jargons they throw to the public.

Oh... I'd also like to ask your opinion on buying a used ram sticks, and what kinda test do i need to do if I buy it.

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2 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

buying a used ram sticks, and what kinda test do i need to do if I buy it.

MemTest/MemTest86

 

Test before you buy (note: can take several hours to run)

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14 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

MemTest/MemTest86

 

Test before you buy (note: can take several hours to run)

 

Well, it's a little hard to test before you buy...unless the seller is willing to test them for you.

 

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Just now, -rascal- said:

 

Well, it's a little hard to test before you buy...unless the seller is willing to test them for you.

 

This is true, but unless they have a return policy, bad RAM is useless in a build.

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I can test it to some extent, if I buy a used one it will be through an online marketplace. The marketplace gives me 2 days to complain (after receiving the product) about problem(s) before it automatically completes the transaction. And yeah, I also going to ask the seller to agree to me memtest86-ing it for a day.

 

I just don't know whether buying 2 kits of the 2x8 gonna cause trouble or not. Since each kit is from different seller.

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7 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

I just don't know whether buying 2 kits of the 2x8 gonna cause trouble or not. Since each kit is from different seller.

It might cause issues if the two kits differ in timings or frequency. If you're buying two identical F4-3200C16D-16GTZN kits, I'm fairly confident it's going to work fine. No one can be 100% certain, but that's basically the best case scenario to fill four RAM slots.

 

2x16 GB would be ideal. Is that not an option?

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2 minutes ago, typographie said:

It might cause issues if the two kits differ in timings or frequency. If you're buying two identical F4-3200C16D-16GTZN kits, I'm fairly confident it's going to work fine. No one can be 100% certain, but that's basically the best case scenario to fill four RAM slots.

 

2x16 GB would be ideal. Is that not an option?

Well. The new price for 2x16gb is 2,5 times the 2x8gb. That's one problem in my book. (and no one selling cheaper used one right now too)
Not to mention if im going to use a ram with lighting on it ..... using 2 gonna look... idk... ugly? lol
But yea , the price is more of the problem. Double the price of a new 2x8gb is fine (since the capacity is doubled anyway), 2,5times ? ..... that's... weird.

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