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I've hit the limit just with browsing and gaming at the same time, for the past few nights it's just been closing down my chrome and music player because "I've ran out of ram" . Also, I'm not 100% clear, was that guy saying I could in fact use this 2133 RAM with my motherboard?

You can, but since you are using two different speeds of RAM, it is going to set all of the RAM to the slowest frequency.  So even if you bought 2133Mhz RAM, it would only be able to run at 1600Mhz because that is what your other RAM is.  Just buy the least expensive kit of 16GB, 1600Mhz RAM you can find that has the same timings and voltage as your current RAM.  Better yet, buy the exact same model as your first RAM to try and avoid potential problems.

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I've got an ASRock z68 motherboard with 16gb of GSkill Ripjaws @1600 and I would like to upgrade to 32gb, I found some ram that peaked my interest(Corsair Dominator Platinum), but I also saw that I could get a 2133 version. From the spec page of my motherboard it says it can support 32gb of ram, at 2133(OC) I've read that it means You can run 2133, but only if its overclocked ram because there is no native 2133 ram. Well, now there is, and I've got a Intel i7 3770k in my PC and was wondering if it would work because these specs were most likely based off a sandy bridge CPU when 2133 wasn't a thing and now there is?

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The 2133 is an overclock, it just comes with an XMP profile. It's not worth it unless you do a lot of content creation.

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The 2133 is an overclock, it just comes with an XMP profile. It's not worth it unless you do a lot of content creation.

So this would work in my PC? Also, I do a lot of after effects and such, if that's what you mean by content creation. And I'm looking at getting it from a friend, so I'm not paying retail price, but he only has 2133, so I was wondering if I should offer or not.

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So this would work in my PC? And I'm looking at getting it from a friend, so I'm not paying retail price, but he only has 2133, so I was wondering if I should offer or not.

I sincerely hope you are paying a good price for those

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What kind of things do you do with your PC?  More RAM might not be the answer.

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What kind of things do you do with your PC?  More RAM might not be the answer.

Lots of video editing, lots of internet browsing (and apparently chrome uses a bunch of ram now...), and some gaming. Most of the time I'm the server host as well. 

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Lots of video editing, lots of internet browsing (and apparently chrome uses a bunch of ram now...), and some gaming. Most of the time I'm the server host as well. 

Well, in your case more RAM might help.  What is your current usage at with 16GB of RAM?  Are you hitting that limit?  If not, then don't bother buying more RAM.

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Well, in your case more RAM might help.  What is your current usage at with 16GB of RAM?  Are you hitting that limit?  If not, then don't bother buying more RAM.

I've hit the limit just with browsing and gaming at the same time, for the past few nights it's just been closing down my chrome and music player because "I've ran out of ram" . Also, I'm not 100% clear, was that guy saying I could in fact use this 2133 RAM with my motherboard?

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I've hit the limit just with browsing and gaming at the same time, for the past few nights it's just been closing down my chrome and music player because "I've ran out of ram" . Also, I'm not 100% clear, was that guy saying I could in fact use this 2133 RAM with my motherboard?

You can, but since you are using two different speeds of RAM, it is going to set all of the RAM to the slowest frequency.  So even if you bought 2133Mhz RAM, it would only be able to run at 1600Mhz because that is what your other RAM is.  Just buy the least expensive kit of 16GB, 1600Mhz RAM you can find that has the same timings and voltage as your current RAM.  Better yet, buy the exact same model as your first RAM to try and avoid potential problems.

"I genuinely dislike the promulgation of false information, especially to people who are asking for help selecting new parts."

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You can, but since you are using two different speeds of RAM, it is going to set all of the RAM to the slowest frequency.  So even if you bought 2133Mhz RAM, it would only be able to run at 1600Mhz because that is what your other RAM is.  Just buy the least expensive kit of 16GB, 1600Mhz RAM you can find that has the same timings and voltage as your current RAM.  Better yet, buy the exact same model as your first RAM to try and avoid potential problems.

I actually have 4 sticks of 4gb ram right now, and am planning to buy 4 sticks of 8gb, so it should run at 2133, correct? There are only 4 dimm slots on this motherboard.

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I actually have 4 sticks of 4gb ram right now, and am planning to buy 4 sticks of 8gb, so it should run at 2133, correct? There are only 4 dimm slots on this motherboard.

Right, if you do a complete exchange of the old 4, for the new 4, it will run at 2133Mhz if you enable the XMP profile in the BIOS.

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Right, if you do a complete exchange of the old 4, for the new 4, it will run at 2133Mhz if you enable the XMP profile in the BIOS.

Otherwise they run at 1600 I'm guessing? Do you happen to have a link to a good tutorial on how to open that profile in the BIOS on hand by any chance? If not, it's all good! Really appreciate the help :D

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Otherwise they run at 1600 I'm guessing? Do you happen to have a link to a good tutorial on how to open that profile in the BIOS on hand by any chance? If not, it's all good! Really appreciate the help :D

I don't have an ASRock Mobo, but it is very simple, you will see an option for XMP, all you do is select XMP Profile #1 and its taken care of.  You should be able to find an easy tutorial on youtube.

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I don't have an ASRock Mobo, but it is very simple, you will see an option for XMP, all you do is select XMP Profile #1 and its taken care of.  You should be able to find an easy tutorial on youtube.

Alright thank you very much for your help!

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