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1 minute ago, Ophidio said:

So it would be safer to just buy a brand new kit?

Since you have a ddr4 system (I just checked your sig) then it should be fine. There may be some problems so if you have recently had problems then go with a new kit IMO

I'm looking at getting more RAM for my PC and I already have a 2x16GB kit of Corsair memory. If I buy the exact same memory kit as before with same model number, speeds, and latency to give myself 64GB of memory will I have any issues since they didn't come in a kit together?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Ophidio said:

I'm looking at getting more RAM for my PC and I already have a 2x16GB kit of Corsair memory. If I buy the exact same memory kit as before with same model number, speeds, and latency to give myself 64GB of memory will I have any issues since they didn't come in a kit together?

 

 

It is possible that you will, but not guaranteed. 

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2 minutes ago, Ophidio said:

I'm looking at getting more RAM for my PC and I already have a 2x16GB kit of Corsair memory. If I buy the exact same memory kit as before with same model number, speeds, and latency to give myself 64GB of memory will I have any issues since they didn't come in a kit together?

 

 

is this ddr5? if it is then I wouldn't as DDR5 is very finicky about quad channel. But for ddr4 its not AS bad. But do you need the extra ram? 32 gigs is still perfectly fine for games but if your doing something other than games that needs the ram then fair enough


And to answer your question, if its DDR5 then get a new kit of 2x32 altogether but if its ddr4 then go for it

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Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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Just now, RevGAM said:

It is possible that you will, but not guaranteed. 

So it would be safer to just buy a brand new kit?

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1 minute ago, Ophidio said:

So it would be safer to just buy a brand new kit?

See what @filpo said. 

I've been using computers since around 1978, started learning programming in 1980 on Apple IIs, started learning about hardware in 1990, ran a BBS from 1990-95, built my first Windows PC around 2000, taught myself malware removal starting in 2005 (also learned on Bleeping Computer), learned web dev starting in 2017, and I think I can fill a thimble with all that knowledge. 😉 I'm not an expert, which is why I keep investigating the answers that others give to try and improve my knowledge, so feel free to double-check the advice I give.

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1 minute ago, Ophidio said:

So it would be safer to just buy a brand new kit?

Since you have a ddr4 system (I just checked your sig) then it should be fine. There may be some problems so if you have recently had problems then go with a new kit IMO

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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12 minutes ago, filpo said:

is this ddr5? if it is then I wouldn't as DDR5 is very finicky about quad channel. But for ddr4 its not AS bad. But do you need the extra ram? 32 gigs is still perfectly fine for games but if your doing something other than games that needs the ram then fair enough


And to answer your question, if its DDR5 then get a new kit of 2x32 altogether but if its ddr4 then go for it

It is DDR4 and it would be nice to have since recently I've been seeing spikes of 90-95% ram usage when playing games, streaming, and keeping all the tabs open on Chrome that I refuse to close.

 

12 minutes ago, filpo said:

Since you have a ddr4 system (I just checked your sig) then it should be fine. There may be some problems so if you have recently had problems then go with a new kit IMO

Luckily that part of my sig is up to date. xD I haven't had problems with this system with RAM but I did on my older system that had DDR3 where I bought the same kit twice but it gave me so many issues I had to take one of the kits out so I'll probably just buy a new kit and go for some RGB this time as well.

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