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Hi folks, I'm looking to increase the RAM in my system. 

 

I currently have 16gb of Corsair LPX part number CMK16GX4M2A2666C16. 

If I want to add in another 16GB, can I safely add in part number CMK16GX4M2E3200C16 or will this cause complications?

 

I ask because it seem the faster 3200 RAM is half the price of the older/slower 2666. 

 

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No, it generally won't cause an issue. Just be aware that the faster rated RAM will run at the same speed as the lowest RAM in the system. So, in this example the ram rated at 3200 will run at 2666MHz. 

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In short it won't, but bear in mind that the total of 32GB (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 + CMK16GX4M2E3200C16) will have top speed at 2666MHz because of your older RAM bottleneck

 

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Perfect, that's what I was hoping. Speed is not as important to me as the total.

I've seen my RAM usage in some cases at around 92% + which could explain why my PC stutters in some games.

 

My GPU is typically at 100% which I believe is ok, and CPU is in the 30-40% range. So I assume the RAM is the bottleneck.

I tend to run multiple clients of the same game and often have YouTube running in the background. 

 

My specs are :

i7 6700k (Overclocked to 4.2)

980 TI

Samsung 850 Evo SSD

Corsair LPX 16gb

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1 minute ago, Maxdamaged said:

I tend to run multiple clients of the same game and often have YouTube running in the background.

That is not wise . . . but I do the same as you, especially when I play on relaxing and not taxing GPU game while having YouTube play on the background or sometimes share the same screen

 

Anyway, enjoy on your upgrade

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

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3 minutes ago, ImWilly said:

That is not wise . . . but I do the same as you, especially when I play on relaxing and not taxing GPU game while having YouTube play on the background or sometimes share the same screen

 

Anyway, enjoy on your upgrade

The game I run multiple clients on is Eve-Online. (One for each character) It ran fine before they started upgrading the graphics but now it's starting to be heavy on the system. I build this PC about 8 years ago but it may be time for either a GPU upgrade or a completely new system unfortunately. 

 

When I run games like Jedi Survivor, I close down everything possible to run it. However, I can still hold just about 30 frames at the high detail settings so my old beast is still doing well for now ! 🙂

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25 minutes ago, Maxdamaged said:

Jedi Survivor

a 980 TI on Jedi Survivor? That is a really great and daring 😄

 

You may want to hold on your GPU a bit longer, at least until Fall though

AMD just announce 2 days ago on Gamesconn that their version of Frame Gen will be featured on all DX11 & DX12 regardless of GPU brand, which means there is a bit hope you may get a better framerate (at the expense of latency, sadly)

I don't really know the details on how they do it yet, so we are just gonna have to wait till they launch it by then

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Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

Phone:

iPhone 11 (with battery replaced instead of buying new phone for long term and not submitting (fully) to Apple Lord

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