Idle musing... Spare ram

mattyfez

mattyfez

mattyfez

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I probably already know the answer to this but I'm kinda curious..

I've ended up with some spare DDR4 (2x8gb 3000)

Recently upgraded one of my PC's with a bundle, 5700x3d and 32gb ram (2x16gb.@ 3200 I think)

Is it worth throwing in the spare ram to occupy 4 slots?
Just figured if it doesn't hurt, it's better than gathering dust in a drawer?
 
Dg834man said:
I run this setup but both sets have the same timings, unless you need more ram I wouldn't bother in your case it's going to run slower than your current 32gb setup
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Yeah I dont need more ram, I thought it would just be a safe place to store my spare ram, more than anything, but the old kit is slower, so I guess I woudn't really be doing myself any favours, lol
 
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No harm in trying it, but it might impact stability of both kits, so if you really don't need the RAM then that's a faff for nothing.
 
Yeah.. Assuming I can get it stable I could only realistically run it a 3000 rather than 3200 or whatever my new kit is.. And I might have to sacrifice timings also.

Probably a non starter to be honest as I don't really need extra ram.
I might try it out of I get bored one day lol
 
Got 32gb for mine as it was on offer, decided to leave the 16gb kit in as well.
Does ok running video edit
 
are you doing anything that needs more than 32gb ram?
if no, then the best place to store it is in someone else's system and some money in your pocket :cry:
 
Sell it and get a coffee and a pastry with the money. Or give it away to a friend. Or keep it in that box of PC bits you have, that we ALL have :)

Running 8GB & 16GB sticks also messes with the dual channely-ness
 
yeah it's probably only worth about £25-30 anyway at a rough guess.... it's boaderline E-waste, I might just give it to my mates kid as i think he has a pretty shonky pc
 
Dg834man said:
No it works if the channels are balanced 24gb in each
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It wouldn't be balanced though in my case, it would be 2x8gb 3000 and 2x16gb 3200, and I guess as I wouldn't really use the extra capacity, the lower raw speed might make it worse overall?

I've not checked the timings, as that might be another rabbit hole... a fun experiment for a rainey day I guess.
 
mattyfez said:
It wouldn't be balanced though in my case, it would be 2x8gb 3000 and 2x16gb 3200, and I guess as I wouldn't really use the extra capacity, the lower raw speed might make it worse overall?

I've not checked the timings, as that might be another rabbit hole... a fun experiment for a rainey day I guess.
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It would still be balanced in capacity in each channel, but would run slower 2666 jedec to start unsure what happens in a system with two different xmp profiles if you turn it on default to the slowest? you could just input the primaries and speed manually.
 
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