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I know this is games, but anyone any good with RAM.??

I want to stick another 8gb in my desktop (just for internet and office use) but I dont know if they're all compatible. Its currently got a single slot 8gb in of: 8 GB DDR4 (3200 MHz).

Can any matching card be put in along side?
 
Tramps_mate said:
I know this is games, but anyone any good with RAM.??

I want to stick another 8gb in my desktop (just for internet and office use) but I dont know if they're all compatible. Its currently got a single slot 8gb in of: 8 GB DDR4 (3200 MHz).

Can any matching card be put in along side?
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Think you need to use the correct slot.

Like if your current RAM is in slot 1 you need slot 3, if it's 2, you slot in 4.

Best googling it mate cos I'm often wrong.
 
Tramps_mate said:
I know this is games, but anyone any good with RAM.??

I want to stick another 8gb in my desktop (just for internet and office use) but I dont know if they're all compatible. Its currently got a single slot 8gb in of: 8 GB DDR4 (3200 MHz).

Can any matching card be put in along side?
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Has to be matched pairs, if the mobo can handle that much. You'll need your mobo specs.
 

Tramps_mate said:
I know this is games, but anyone any good with RAM.??

I want to stick another 8gb in my desktop (just for internet and office use) but I dont know if they're all compatible. Its currently got a single slot 8gb in of: 8 GB DDR4 (3200 MHz).

Can any matching card be put in along side?
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Verify the speed and CAS ratings etc of your current RAM and get something that matches it...a notoriously sticky area. Your motherboard maker should have a compatability list if they're worth a damn.
 
Rita_Poon said:
Has to be matched pairs, if the mobo can handle that much. You'll need your mobo specs.
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Gwladys St. Glory said:
Verify the speed and CAS ratings etc of your current RAM and get something that matches it...a notoriously sticky area. Your motherboard maker should have a compatability list if they're worth a damn.
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How does one find out this info?

Its just this desk top. But I find it occasionally struggling when I've got a lot of windows open etc. Mouse stutters or Edge crashes. I just figured that more RAM would help. It can take 32gb..
 
Gwladys St. Glory said:
Verify the speed and CAS ratings etc of your current RAM and get something that matches it...a notoriously sticky area. Your motherboard maker should have a compatability list if they're worth a damn.
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This @Tramps_mate but even if you don't go down to the nitty gritty of it - all of what GSG mentions here won't matter. The only thing that does is which slot you use (if you give us your motherboard make/model/id we can help there I suppose) - the rest will be matched to the slowest point; I currently have a PC that has a 2400 and a 2133 Mhz DDR3 from different makes/models and it runs down to the 2133 speeds because of CPU and Mobo limitations.

For an office/work PC timings and all don't really matter at all in my experience also. Just get a matching DDR4 RAM @ 3200MHz and you'll be fine. For example: Amazon product ASIN B093Z582WY
 
DualityNSNO said:
This @Tramps_mate but even if you don't go down to the nitty gritty of it - all of what GSG mentions here won't matter. The only thing that does is which slot you use (if you give us your motherboard make/model/id we can help there I suppose) - the rest will be matched to the slowest point; I currently have a PC that has a 2400 and a 2133 Mhz DDR3 from different makes/models and it runs down to the 2133 speeds because of CPU and Mobo limitations.

For an office/work PC timings and all don't really matter at all in my experience also. Just get a matching DDR4 RAM @ 3200MHz and you'll be fine. For example: Amazon product ASIN B093Z582WY
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By definition though it does matter as then there is no point paying over the top for super fast RAM if you're pairing it with something a lot slower?

I used to know I lot more than I do now but I would think it's better to just pick up two lots of the same 16GB and stick that in slot 2 and 4.

I will soon have to get back to speed as I want to upgrade my RAM and hard drive.
 

The binman chronicles said:
By definition though it does matter as then there is no point paying over the top for super fast RAM if you're pairing it with something a lot slower?

I used to know I lot more than I do now but I would think it's better to just pick up two lots of the same 16GB and stick that in slot 2 and 4.

I will soon have to get back to speed as I want to upgrade my RAM and hard drive.
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Yes but in an office/work PC you need to basically match them to the top of the mobo/CPU's spec (for Mhz and max capacity; in Tramps' case 32GB/3200Mhz DDR4). What's important is to check which slots are to be used for the dual channel, but if the limit is 32GB I suspect there's 2 slots anyway. Also RAM that's not DDR5 is currently quite cheap anyway - ADATA that I linked are a very good brand, Kingston and Corsair are the other two and the price difference is in the pennis, not in the pounds, so to say.

@Tramps_mate in a Command prompt window type "wmic baseboard get product,manufacturer,serialnumber" and you'll get manufacturer, product ID and serial number. Using that you can find out what the spec for the motherboard is. Another way is to use "msinfo32", by opening "Run" (windows key + R as a keyboard shortcut) and typing "msinfo32" but you'll wait a bit.

Using either you can find out a manual or the manufacturer's guide on this and you can check compatibilities, as GSG said.

If you go to task manager -> Performance and click on Memory it will show you how many slots are used/available (i.e. "Slots used: 1 of 2").
 

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