Memory seems to be a complex thing, Help!

[WoZZeR]

So I am rebuilding an Intel based PC, it's a Gigabyte Z170 Gaming K3 Motherboard and came with 1 stick of 16Gb of Ram. I presume upgrading it to 2 x 16Gb would be a better idea.

Any ideas on what to choose. I was thinking of something like this:

Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit

Order Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Tetras]

The main thing you need to avoid is high density / 16Gbit memory, because it's not officially supported with 6th/7th gen and LOTS of memory nowadays is 16Gbit.

I'd recommend asking Kingston which Fury part numbers your system will support, because your board doesn't exist on their configurator.

The Crucial configurator seems to only recommend 2400 (or discontinued Ballistix parts), which I guess is their way of avoiding parts which may (or may not) be high density.

Old dual rank 16GB sticks will almost certainly be compatible.

Could you take a pic from CPU-Z of your current memory?

 

[WoZZeR]

The main thing you need to avoid is high density / 16Gbit memory, because it's not officially supported with 6th/7th gen and LOTS of memory nowadays is 16Gbit.

I'd recommend asking Kingston which Fury part numbers your system will support, because your board doesn't exist on their configurator.

The Crucial configurator seems to only recommend 2400 (or discontinued Ballistix parts), which I guess is their way of avoiding parts which may (or may not) be high density.

Old dual rank 16GB sticks will almost certainly be compatible.

Could you take a pic from CPU-Z of your current memory?

Thanks for the reply. I have dismantled it to clean up everything and pop it into a new case which arrived today.

The memory in it says:

16GB DDR4 3000
CL16-18-18-38 1.35V
TLGD416G3000HC16CBK

I don't know if that is any help.

 

[Tetras]

I don't know if that is any help.

Can't seem to get anything up unfortunately, my guess is that it is an old dual rank stick.

 

[WoZZeR]

Will fire up CPU-Z when I have reassembled it a bit.

I think I see what you mean: The Kingston site has a DRAM density selector, so I would perhaps need the 8Gbit variant.