New memory. Keep or bin the other strips ?

[Medic-one]

I'm in the middle of upgrading a few components.

Currently have :

- Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE
- AMD RYZEN 7 3700X EIGHT CORE 4.4GHZ
- Gigabyte GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER WINDFORCE OC
- Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x 8GB) 3600MHz DDR4 C17

I am upgrading the CPU and have bought a "AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Cache Eight Core 4.5GHz" and next month I'm getting a new GPU, and have been advised the "Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 12GB GDDR6X".

I've also bought some new memory which is this one :

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CL-CS) = £79.99

Apparently my board has "Dual channel memory architecture", whatever that means.

My current memory (Patriot Viper steel) is :

• Voltage: 1.45V
• Latency Timing: CL14
• Speed: 3600MHz (PC4-28800)

And the new memory (Corsair Vengeance LPX) is :

• Voltage: 1.35V
• Latency Timing: CL18
• Speed: 3600MHz (PC4-28800)

Do I just add the new Corsair memory to give me a total of 16 + 32 = 48 GB RAM, or should I remove the old strips and just have the new strips in there ?

 

[Dg834man]

Do I just add the new Corsair memory to give me a total of 16 + 32 = 48 GB RAM, or should I remove the old strips and just have the new strips in there ?

i currently run this configuration but my 2x8gb and 2x16gb both have the same speed and timings, think in your case i would just run the 32gb kit.