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I forget, is it ok to mix Memory Mhz?

I have been out of the PC building game for awhile and just recently got back in it.

 

After watching many Youtubers, Linus included, I really like what Ryzen was offering, so I built a system: a Ryzen 5 2400g with DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) 2x 4GB

 

Now I am wanting to add more memory, but with RGB to add, I was thinking this kit:

(GeIL SUPER LUCE RGB SYNC AMD Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model GALS48GB2400C16DC)

but it is at 2400 Mhz.

 

Should I just buy 4 Dimms of 4GB at 2400 Mhz? or buy the 4 Dimmz of 8GB at 3000 Mhz? Thoughts?

 

Thank you!

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which one do you prefer, performance or looks?

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Ideally no but my fourth gen build had three different speed sticks of different brands and I had no issues with 2x8gb 1x4gb.

Firestrike 
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Buy whatever you like better/is cheaper and just overclock it to the higher speed.

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The memory will automatically adjust to the slowest DIMM.

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