Should I choose 24GB or 32GB of RAM for a gaming and editing PC?
I'm building my first PC, mainly for gaming but also for some video editing. I was originally planning to buy a matched 2×16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 kit for…
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Can a Ryzen 5 3600 and B450 motherboard run mixed 3000MHz and 3200MHz RAM at 3200?
I have two 16GB DDR4 memory modules: one GoodRam stick rated at 3000MHz and one Patriot stick rated at 3200MHz. I'm considering buying a Ryzen 5 3600 with…
Why does adding two RAM sticks make my PC shut down and fail to boot?
I had a working system with two 8GB Corsair DDR4-3200 sticks installed in slots 2 and 4 on a B450 AORUS PRO-CF motherboard. I added two 16GB DDR4-3000…
Why does adding two RAM sticks make my PC shut down?
I had a stable system with two 8GB Corsair DDR4-3200 sticks installed in slots 2 and 4. I added two 16GB DDR4-3000 sticks, making four modules total. The…
Can a Ryzen 5 3600 and B450 motherboard run my mixed RAM at 3200 MT/s?
I have two 16GB DDR4 memory sticks: one GoodRam module rated at 3000MHz and one Patriot module rated at 3200MHz. I'm considering buying a Ryzen 5 3600 with…
How can I run mixed-capacity RAM kits reliably?
I recently bought a 32GB kit consisting of two 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3600 CL18 sticks because my existing 16GB kit was reaching its limit and causing…
How should I install 2×16GB and 1×32GB of RAM on a Z390 motherboard?
I have a Z390 motherboard with an i9-9900K and four DDR4 memory slots. My current memory consists of two 16GB Kingston modules and one 32GB Kingston module, for…
Is adding one 32GB DDR5 stick to my 2x16GB AM5 setup worth it?
I currently have a Ryzen 7 9700X, an RTX 5070 Ti, a four-DIMM AM5 motherboard, and a matched 2x16GB TeamGroup DDR5-6000 CL38 kit using Micron memory. The kit…
Mixed DDR4 sticks are unstable at 3200 MHz with XMP—should I replace one?
I'm running a Ryzen 5 5600GT on an MSI B450M-A PRO MAX II with one Patriot 8GB DDR4-3200 CL16 stick and one Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4-3200 CL16…
Mixed DDR4 sticks become unstable at 3200 MHz with XMP—what settings should I use?
I'm running a Ryzen 5 5600GT on an MSI B450M-A PRO MAX II with one Patriot 8GB DDR4-3200 CL16 stick and one Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4-3200 CL16…
Will Mixing These Two RAM Kits Improve My New PC?
I'm moving to a system with a better motherboard and graphics card. It currently has 16 GB (2×8 GB) of PNY DDR4-3200 CL22 memory, while my older computer…
PC Keeps Booting Back Into BIOS After Changing RAM Speed
I added another 16 GB RAM kit to my PC, bringing the total to 32 GB. The two kits are mismatched: one is rated for 3200 MHz and…
Is 4×4GB DDR4 a Good Choice for a Budget AM4 Build?
I'm putting together a budget AM4 system using mostly inexpensive second-hand parts. I accidentally bought a Corsair memory kit with 2×4GB sticks instead of 2×8GB. I can cheaply…
Can I use two different DDR4 RAM kits together?
I currently have 2×8 GB DDR4 memory sticks and found another affordable 2×8 GB kit from a different brand with a different rated speed. Can I install all…
Random Hard Freezes After Adding an 8GB RAM Stick to an i9 Mini PC
My Windows 11 mini PC with an Intel Core i9-12900HK and integrated Iris Xe graphics has started completely freezing at random. The display locks up, audio and input…
Will Crucial CT8G4SFS832A RAM work with my Dell Inspiron 15 5509?
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5509 with an 11th-generation Intel Core i5 processor. It currently has one 8GB Kingston DDR4 SODIMM installed, leaving one memory slot empty.…
Can I Use Different Sizes of RAM Together Without Issues?
I recently bought a pre-built PC that came with 16GB of DDR4 RAM (2 x 8GB sticks). I also added 32GB of RAM (2 x 16GB sticks) to…
Help! My PC Crashes with Mixed RAM at 40% Usage
I recently built a new PC with an ASUS PRIME X870-P motherboard. Initially, I installed a Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 6000MHz CL36 64GB RAM kit, and everything ran…