LGA 1151 system - looking to purchase new RAM while waiting for Zen 3 4000

Chevens · 2 Aug 2020 at 17:48

Hey, looking forward to jumping to a beefy Ryzen 4000 CPU when it lands, in the interim my 16GB of RAM in my current 6700k system is causing me to hit page file more than I'd like. Ideally I'd like to get 32GB of RAM now that will work with my current setup but be optimal in a Zen 3 machine when it lands.

Was looking at purchasing

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO BLACK 32GB (2X16GB) 3600MHZ AMD RYZEN TUNED DDR4 MEMORY DUAL KIT

My Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GAMING 7 INTEL Z170 (SOCKET 1151) DDR4 ATX MOTHERBOARD

As below RAM support according to OCUK product info says max speed supported 3466 :S

Chipset Intel® Z170 Express Chipset
Memory 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR4 3466(O.C.) /3400(O.C.) /3333(O.C.) /3300(O.C.) /3200(O.C.) /3000(O.C.) /2800(O.C.) /2666(O.C.) /2400(O.C.) /2133 MHz memory modules
- Support for ECC UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
- Support for non-ECC UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
- Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Can anyone confirm if I'd be okay firing new RAM into my old machine?

Cheers!

Tetras · 2 Aug 2020 at 19:23

Yep, it shouldn't matter how fast it is.

Chevens · 2 Aug 2020 at 20:00

Super thanks

Nice to get a little increment while waiting for a new system

Chevens · 7 Aug 2020 at 13:38

Tetras said:
Yep, it shouldn't matter how fast it is.

Well new RAM arrived and pc won't boot with it in... you're sure it should work?

Chevens · 7 Aug 2020 at 13:46

So it will boot up on any 1 stick of RAM but not both together. Fails to post with both in

mickyflinn · 7 Aug 2020 at 14:11

Will it boot with one stick and then boot again with the other stick ?

Have you got the latest bios for your motherboard ?

Chevens · 7 Aug 2020 at 14:20

mickyflinn said:
Will it boot with one stick and then boot again with the other stick ?

Hah that worked! I had tried going from 2x 8 to 2x 16 a few times with no luck. Going to 1x 16 then 2x 16 and everything booted just fine in dual channel.
No idea why that was the case but thanks!

Stalast · 9 Aug 2020 at 14:37

If you're going to be using the same RAM for a Ryzen system, it will matter how fast your memory is if you want to optimise performance. Learn more on this here: https://youtu.be/iHJ16hD4ysk

As for your motherboard, it looks like it supports up to 3866 MHz actually! Maybe it requires a BIOS update? https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-7-rev-10/sp#sp

Fast RAM is very affordable nowadays. I like Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16. Should be great for your current system and future system too. https://uk.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g36c16u4b

Chevens · 10 Aug 2020 at 15:48

Stalast said:
If you're going to be using the same RAM for a Ryzen system, it will matter how fast your memory is if you want to optimise performance. Learn more on this here: https://youtu.be/iHJ16hD4ysk

As for your motherboard, it looks like it supports up to 3866 MHz actually! Maybe it requires a BIOS update? https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-7-rev-10/sp#sp

Fast RAM is very affordable nowadays. I like Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16. Should be great for your current system and future system too. https://uk.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g36c16u4b

Cheers, new RAM is in and working well. Went with 32GB of Corsair 3600, found at a great price