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RAM compatibility on Ryzen

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Okay so I want to upgrade from my old intel based PC to a Ryzen platform. I will sell my old cpu and motherboard, however I want to keep my RAM for the new build.

I have looked at quite a few different Ryzen motherboards and none of them seem to support my model of RAM in the QVL list.

I have a 16gb (2x8) kit of Geil ddr4 super luce C16 rated at 2400 Mhz, the model number: GLW416GB2400C16DC

 

Is this ram likely to work on Ryzen motherboards that don't contain it in the QVL list?

If so at what speeds? and should I try get a mobo that officially supports it? (looked for a while and still haven't found it on any mobo qvl lists)

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5 minutes ago, Jackelberry said:

Okay so I want to upgrade from my old intel based PC to a Ryzen platform. I will sell my old cpu and motherboard, however I want to keep my RAM for the new build.

I have looked at quite a few different Ryzen motherboards and none of them seem to support my model of RAM in the QVL list.

I have a 16gb (2x8) kit of Geil ddr4 super luce C16 rated at 2400 Mhz, the model number: GLW416GB2400C16DC

 

Is this ram likely to work on Ryzen motherboards that don't contain it in the QVL list?

If so at what speeds? and should I try get a mobo that officially supports it? (looked for a while and still haven't found it on any mobo qvl lists)

Your never going to get your specific model, but there is a very small chance that it won't work.

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It'll work, the question is if it'll work at 2400 MHz.

 

My guess is chances are it will, since 2400 isn't much of an OC over the stock 2133

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Ryzen Ram Guide

 

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1 minute ago, Jackelberry said:

okay so basically it will work, but it may require some tweaking to get it running at the proper frequency?

Yup, but you should buy the fastest ram you can afford 

 

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My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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