overclocking memory

[asus killer]

So i got the PC that you can see in my signature. A kind of a 1st experience into building PC's not knowing much about it.

The question is can i now upgrade to ryzen and keep the ram? can it be overclocked to say 3200 (the recommended for ryzen right) ? or should i just consider it a bad buy and move on. 

Someone i know would buy the motherboard and cpu and i would upgrade, he does not need the ram.

[FuzzyLogic]

I think it's a bit unlikely that your RAM will overclock to an extra GHz. It seems like it's in single channel as well... Ryzen + Low RAM speed + Single channel = Not great performance.  You could sell your current RAM and buy a higher clocked kit though.

[desertcomputer]

Well it recommended but we cannot tell you your ram kit will overclock to stable 3200. I would stick with your current setup and upgrade your CPU to i5 or i7. Also now is not great time to buy RAM with these high prices.

[cj09beira]

if you want good ram and ryzen do this, get yourself some team group's dark pro 3200 cl14 (16 Gb) as its selling very cheap and has b-die which is the best memory chip you can buy (selling for around 190 $/£/€ )

and then (independent on if you get the ram kit i showed or not) wait for February as then ryzen plus will be released with around 10% better clocks which should equate to some good gains and around 4.3 ghz overclocks been achievable on all cores

[asus killer]

i can buy a new stick of RAM to make it dual channel, that's not the problem

 

anyway, this guy overclocked a similar stick to 2933 so i guess i can at least try