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zoro1989
By zoro1989
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Looking to upgrade my system with more RAMS and just wanted to chek with more experienced ppl shuld i go with same RAM i already have to add to 32GB or is there better choice.

System: 

MOBO - 

Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming AMD X470 So.AM4 Dual Channel DDR4 ATX Retail

RAM - 

16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Trident Z RGB für AMD DDR4-3600 DIMM CL18-22-22-42 Dual Kit

CPU - 

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8x 3.70GHz So.AM4 BOX

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8x 3.40GHz So.AM4 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100x 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory 

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  

Video Card: Gainward Phoenix GS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Video Card 

Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

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The general advice is to buy more of what you already have for better compatibility.

 

However, I'm honestly surprised that your 2700X can handle 3600Mhz RAM. To my knowledge, it's rather rare that a 2700X can handle more than 3200Mhz. Adding an extra 2 sticks will put even more strain on the IMC, and you may have to bring the speed down to 3200Mhz or lower for it to work.

 

What are you doing that requires more RAM?

BabyBlu.2 (Primary): 

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F
  • RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 @ 6400MHz 30-40-40-96
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2100MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B650I AORUS ULTRA
  • RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 @ 6000MHz 30-38-38-96
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair SF850L
  • Display: Dell Alienware AW3420DW GSync
  • Cooling: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • 2.5Gb NIC
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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Mostly chrome is eating ram as crazy cause I have a million tabs opened. But I game also and plan from begining was to upgrade to 32 GB eventually 

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8x 3.40GHz So.AM4 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100x 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory 

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  

Video Card: Gainward Phoenix GS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Video Card 

Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

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3 hours ago, zoro1989 said:

Mostly chrome is eating ram as crazy cause I have a million tabs opened. But I game also and plan from begining was to upgrade to 32 GB eventually 

lol I ran into the same problem. Started with 16GB and due to running multiple tabs, watching video basically doing a lot of stuff at the same time I was maxing out the 16GB. I went with a 2 x 16GB kit but that was because the original 16GB I was using went bad.

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