RAM upgrade advice ?

[aryanpall]

wanna start of with im not a very tech guy and im novice in this field however i wanted to upgrade my RAM 

i currently have some random 1x8GB 2133mhz ram stick (unkown brand?) and i wanted to upgrade to 16GB 

i have a GIGABYTE GA-A320M-HD2 motherboard using Ryzen 7 1700 processor 

 

if you guys could tell me which type of ram  i should buy 

 

i was looking at Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 KF432C16BBK2/16

[RONOTHAN##]

That kit should be fine, I don't see anything that would scare me away from it. Just remember that the early Ryzen 7 CPUs like the 1700 have very terrible memory controllers, so 3200MHz may or may not work depending on how lucky you are, but luckily that kit should have 2 XMP profiles on it, one for 3200MHz, one for 3000MHz CL15, so if the first one doesn't work, the 3000MHz one should. 

[An0maly_76]

I'm with @RONOTHAN##on this one.

 

To be truthful, I would be thinking about an upgrade at this stage. A320 is two or three generations behind in chipset, and as RONOTHAN## said, the 1700 does have its issues and shortcomings, as does the A320. You can piece together a 5600X build with a B450 or B550 fairly cheap if you're sharp these days. I just did an interim build with a used 3600X and B450M for $180 while my B550 board was being RMA'd.

Edited August 6, 2022 by An0maly_76
Revised, more info

[aryanpall]

1. 2 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2667*/2400/2133 MHz memory modules
   * Support for higher than DDR4 2667 MHz may vary by CPU.
4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

 

well i never thought it was gonna be a problem as this is what's written on the motherboard support guide and bit I'm not mistaking shooudlt any DDR4 3200 work 

[aryanpall]

Connectivity

PCI Express® Version

PCIe 3.0 x16

System Memory Type

DDR4

Memory Channels

2

System Memory Specification

Up to 2667MHz

 

also this is written on the ryzen 7 1700 product info

does this mean i shoudnt get a ram with more than 2667 mhz?