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So I'm planning on buying more RAM and I want to make sure that the one I'm gonna buy (here) works.

 

Right now I have one stick that shows up as DIMM and is 1600 MHz, just like the one I'm gonna buy. Will I encounter any problems here or none? These are different brands btw.

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It's generally recomended to get the same brand, type, capacity and clock speed RAM sticks as you already have when upgrading to prevent RAM issues.

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3 hours ago, vojta.pokorny said:

It's generally recomended to get the same brand, type, capacity and clock speed RAM sticks as you already have when upgrading to prevent RAM issues.

Any program that can tell me the brand of my RAM? Anyways, from what task manager is showing me, everything's the same except for the, well, brand.

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14 minutes ago, messagetyper said:

Any program that can tell me the brand of my RAM? Anyways, from what task manager is showing me, everything's the same except for the, well, brand.

Yes, a freeware called "look-at-the-RAM-stick"

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X • Noctua NH-U12A • ASUS STRIX X570-F • Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL16 • GIGABYTE Nvidia GTX1080 G1 • FRACTAL DESIGN Define C w/ blue Meshify C front • Corsair RM750x (2018) • OS: Kingston KC2000 1TB GAMES: Intel 660p 1TB DATA: Seagate Desktop 2TB • Acer Predator X34P 34" 3440x1440p 120 Hz IPS curved Ultrawide • Corsair STRAFE RGB Cherry MX Brown • Logitech G502 HERO / Logitech MX Master 3

 

Notebook:  HP Spectre x360 13" late 2018

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