Looking to upgrade my RAM

PeN · 14 Feb 2022 at 06:49

Hi Folks

Wanting to get a good ram boost on my 7 year old PC... currently RAM is the only bottle neck and the machine runs great other than that.

Currently have Asus Maximus VIII Hero Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard, with Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB.... 4GBx4...

looking at Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB (4x16GB)

Can anyone comment on whether this would be good for compatibility and whether there would be a better choice?

PeN · 15 Feb 2022 at 05:33

Tetras said:
All the 16GB sticks I can see on the QVL are double sided, so that's probably the main thing to watch. I'm not sure if Corsair Dominator is one of those models (you don't say what speed, or version).

Prior to 10th gen, the compatibility with single sided 16GB sticks (2GB chips) is consistently dubious. As far as I know, Corsair don't guarantee that different versions will be consistent and they don't have a compatibility guarantee.

Kingston's memory checker only recommends double sided 16GB sticks for Z170.

I looked at the BIOS for your board and though Asus says it improve memory compatibility in the latest BIOS, they don't say what kind of compatibility.

ok cool so just double sided, was wanting to get the best ram i could as when it comes to upgrade time i can salvage

RAM = Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M4B3000C15)
CPU = Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151

PeN · 15 Feb 2022 at 05:40

turbot1984 said:
Yeah was wondering that. Are you running really RAM hungry software @PeN ?
I swapped out 16GB of Corsair LPX 3000 for 32GB of LPX 3600 and noticed zero real difference? That was on a Hero Z170/6700K.

I run Daedalus which is a full node RAM hungry crypto software, and various other things + work software... tbh i was just expecting that if i 4x'd the ram i'd get a much better response... but you could be right i might not notice much of a difference.

Memory runs at about 50% when a browser is open, then if i open Daedalus it jumps to 90-100% usage, cpu usually never breaks a sweat above 50%