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Underclocking ram for compatibility?

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9 minutes ago, CodenameAndrew said:

Hi I have a Ryzen 5 3600 build with an GTX 1660 super. With 16gbs of Corsair vengeance RGB pro 3200mhz and I saw a really good deal on the same ram kit but 3600mhz, is it possible for me to underclock the 3600mhz kit to match my older kit?

Itll underclock itself to match your current kit so no worries here, mix and match ic is likely but if you are running 8x4 then you arent gonna oc anyways (other than boards with strong ram topology + good cpu imc)

 

as long as the board and rams play nice you are actually gaining performance cause of dual rank, ~20% extra bandwidth vs single rank at the same speed

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9 minutes ago, CodenameAndrew said:

Hi I have a Ryzen 5 3600 build with an GTX 1660 super. With 16gbs of Corsair vengeance RGB pro 3200mhz and I saw a really good deal on the same ram kit but 3600mhz, is it possible for me to underclock the 3600mhz kit to match my older kit?

Itll underclock itself to match your current kit so no worries here, mix and match ic is likely but if you are running 8x4 then you arent gonna oc anyways (other than boards with strong ram topology + good cpu imc)

 

as long as the board and rams play nice you are actually gaining performance cause of dual rank, ~20% extra bandwidth vs single rank at the same speed

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