I need help with ram.

[Remikp04]

Basically, I have a Ryzen 5 1600 and they gain a lot of performance when going from single channel to dual channel ram. And right now I have 1 stick of corsair lpx vengeance 2400mhz 8gb. I told myself that id buy another stick and it would be fine. But I'm not sure whether they would work in dual channel, so do I have to sell my current ram Then buy 16gb kit, or can i buy another stick of the same ram I have right now and run it in dual channel?

 

Also is it worth going from 2400mhz to 3000mhz because that would be the frequency if I had to buy a 16gb kit.

 

Thanks, remik. 

[LukeSavenije]

first ryzen series cpu's have great improvement on 3000+ mhz ram. but if you're fine with 2400, you can get another 8 gigs stick and call it a day. just some things to keep in mind with it:

1) the ram will clock to the lowest frequency stick

2) the best you can do is buying th exact same stick you already have.

3) if you're not doing step 2, pray it will work

[Jurrunio]

Just get the same stick. Heck, if you know what you're doing you can mix brands and models as well.

[JPStone]

Do not know a whole lot about RAM but I am pretty sure as long as you buy the same SKU from the same OEM with the same clock rating and timing you should be fine. I did that and my RAM is working. I bought 16 gigs used from a 3rd party seller and then went and picked up another 16 gigs of the exact same RAM brand new from MicroCenter and it worked.

[Remikp04]

7 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

first ryzen series cpu's have great improvement on 3000+ mhz ram. but if you're fine with 2400, you can get another 8 gigs stick and call it a day. just some things to keep in mind with it:

1) the ram will clock to the lowest frequency stick

2) the best you can do is buying th exact same stick you already have.

3) if you're not doing step 2, pray it will work

Will it help a lot with 144hz gaming?

[LukeSavenije]

to go from 8 to 16 gigs? yeah.

to go from 2400 to 3000+? not that sure