Two ram questions for 2 pcs

Andy Pandy · 7 May 2023 at 14:50

Hi all. My girlfriend has 16 gb of ddr4 3000mhz ram in her Asus b350f motherboard. The Asus manual says it can take up to 3200mhz ram.

My pc has 32gb team force 3200mhz ram so I’m thinking of putting my ram into her computer and me upgrading my ram. My motherboard is an Asus Strix z690a motherboard which can take 3600mhz ram.

Will my ram work in her motherboard ok? Is there a specific ram I should go for? There’s an 8 pack 32gb 3600 set on the store. Would that be an upgrade for me?

Thanks!

mickyflinn · 7 May 2023 at 15:04

Unless your girlfriends pc needs more than 16gb of memory then theres really no point in upgrading.

The 3200mhz should work in hers but nothining is gauranteed and you moving to 3600mhz is fine but miniscule performance difference over 3200mhz.

8 pack memory is good but not worth the extra cost to performance imo.

Andy Pandy · 7 May 2023 at 15:12

Thanks. She is mainly playing Pubg and Rocket league so nothing too demanding but she is wanting to edit videos for YouTube too so I thought 32gb might help.

CuriousTomCat · 7 May 2023 at 19:07

You could just try your ram in her pc

Tetras · 7 May 2023 at 19:07

Andy Pandy said:
Thanks. She is mainly playing Pubg and Rocket league so nothing too demanding but she is wanting to edit videos for YouTube too so I thought 32gb might help.

The upgrade for her, makes a lot more sense than the upgrade for you.

Andy Pandy · 7 May 2023 at 19:48

Thanks for the replies. I will find some cheaper ram and just upgrade her computer then

Wing-Man · 13 May 2023 at 07:45

id do what you said...
depending on the chip in her AMD board its not going to run passed 3200Mhz, you already have a kit at that speed.

your board on the other hand again depending on the chip the sky is the limit.

cho · 13 May 2023 at 20:08

increasing amount of ram does always help - 32Gb is now common. Speedwise even faster sticks will do fine at lower rates not vice versa so no problem at all with even fitting 3600 into 3200 only capable system

Anuruddha · 13 May 2023 at 20:13

Andy Pandy said:
Hi all. My girlfriend has 16 gb of ddr4 3000mhz ram in her Asus b350f motherboard. The Asus manual says it can take up to 3200mhz ram.

My pc has 32gb team force 3200mhz ram so I’m thinking of putting my ram into her computer and me upgrading my ram. My motherboard is an Asus Strix z690a motherboard which can take 3600mhz ram.

Will my ram work in her motherboard ok? Is there a specific ram I should go for? There’s an 8 pack 32gb 3600 set on the store. Would that be an upgrade for me?

Thanks!

It should work. Just tried it our with your girlfriends PC

cho · 13 May 2023 at 20:44

Anuruddha said:
It should work. Just tried it our with your girlfriends PC

whatever you are trying to say here is obsolete

Anuruddha · 13 May 2023 at 20:47

cho said:
whatever you are trying to say here is obsolete

Thank you. So what is your suggestion?

Andy Pandy · 14 May 2023 at 12:42

Wing-Man said:
id do what you said...
depending on the chip in her AMD board its not going to run passed 3200Mhz, you already have a kit at that speed.

your board on the other hand again depending on the chip the sky is the limit.

Interesting. My motherboard is an Asus rog strix z690a and cpu is 12700k. I don’t have to just go for the 3600mhz for my pc then. I can maybe go as high as 4000?

Wing-Man · 14 May 2023 at 13:07

Andy Pandy said:
Interesting. My motherboard is an Asus rog strix z690a and cpu is 12700k. I don’t have to just go for the 3600mhz for my pc then. I can maybe go as high as 4000?

what is the AMD chip in use? out of interest

yer you can go for 4000Mhz AMD is much better

Andy Pandy · 14 May 2023 at 15:55

The amd system is running a 5600x on a b350f motherboard