New to pc upgrades

iballz77 · 28 Jan 2021 at 19:40

Hi all please excuse my novice know how but can anyone recommend ram for a HP desktop Edoras motherboard

I am looking at 2x16gb but not sure on the MHz mother board spec says 2666mhz is this my limit?
Also keep reading about different CL’s?

philo-sofa · 29 Jan 2021 at 01:00

You can probably get up to 3200 MHz effectively. Lower CLs are always better. I’m assuming you can get into your motherboard BIOS?

Avalon · 29 Jan 2021 at 09:08

Ignore the spec sheet and buy whatever is cheapest in your chosen capacity that’s rated for PC-21300 (2666Mhz) or above. The board may not run it at full speed, but at worst it will run it at 21300.

Tetras · 29 Jan 2021 at 13:01

You might want to check that memory speed is adjustable in the BIOS, because if it's not, you have to pick more carefully, since some memory will default to 2133. Otherwise, I'd do what's been said above and just buy whatever is cheapest.

By the way, if you haven't checked, your board probably only has 2 slots.

iballz77 · 29 Jan 2021 at 17:07

Thanks guys that helps a lot

iballz77 · 29 Jan 2021 at 21:41

Sorry guys am I limited to CL-16 as I am led to believe anything less would not be compatible?

Tetras · 29 Jan 2021 at 23:02

Don't think it matters because your motherboard is apparently limited to 2666 Mhz anyway, so if you buy e.g. a 3000 Mhz kit, it'll just downclock it to standard timings.

venomx · 2 Feb 2021 at 14:03

You also need to know which DDR to buy. It would probably be DDR3 or DDR4

iballz77 · 2 Feb 2021 at 17:56

Thanks venomx that I do know haha it was just confusing on the MHz and the cl numbers there are a lot of conflicting posts on line but you guys have helped me loads thanks ram ordered