Unsure what to do?

w00dy85 · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:03

I have just upgraded the ram in my PC to 64GB 2 x 32GB and now have the dilemma of just selling my old ram or I could just put it in my son's PC. As he has the identical G.Skill ram and make his PC up to 64GB, but using 4 sticks.

I only built his PC in December and wished I thought about swapping my ram sooner, so I could have used my ram :rolleyes:

So what do you think?

PaulM · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:05

What does your son do with his PC? Unless it’s something special (lots of virtualisation, 4K video editing, etc) it’s unlikely he’d need more than 32gb and I’d probably just sell it

w00dy85 · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:21

Just gaming for the moment, though once he starts secondary school that may change.

ED209 · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:24

Depending on how much they are worth Sell them.

If you can live without the money from selling them I would chuck them in your son's PC.

He is not going to need 64GB for gaming but its a "Just in case" situation lol

w00dy85 · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:33

Just gaming for the moment, though once he starts secondary school that may change.

ED209 said:
Depending on how much they are worth Sell them.

If you can live without the money from selling them I would chuck them in your son's PC.

I paid £220 last year for them and I think I may get about £80 to £90 now. Which guts me a little, so was thinking why not stick them in his PC.

pepp77 · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:42

I have 64GB in my gaming PC as I also use it for work, there are numerous times that I look at Task Manager and see 50% Memory usage, but it generally sits at about 37% in normal operation. Nice to have the overhead though and I bought it when prices were low last year.

mickyflinn · 19 Jan 2024 at 12:57

Normally I would say sell them but droping them into your son's pc will also act as a back up for yours .

w00dy85 · 19 Jan 2024 at 13:29

That's quite a good Idea, have them as a backup.

ED209 · 19 Jan 2024 at 13:37

w00dy85 said:
Just gaming for the moment, though once he starts secondary school that may change.

I paid £220 last year for them and I think I may get about £80 to £90 now. Which guts me a little, so was thinking why not stick them in his PC.

If it was me I would just chuck them on my son's PC and forget about them.

Tetras · 19 Jan 2024 at 13:40

What kind of PC does he have? Depending on the CPU/motherboard, you might find that it impacts the top speed and isn't really worth running them.

Other than that issue, I'd be inclined to keep it.

w00dy85 · 19 Jan 2024 at 14:17

His PC spec is 7800x3d, 7900xt, Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming motherboard

Tetras · 19 Jan 2024 at 14:21

w00dy85 said:
His PC spec is 7800x3d, 7900xt, Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming motherboard

Yeah, it might impact the top speed, but the X3D is not very sensitive to memory speed, so it shouldn't matter much.

Craig_d1 · 19 Jan 2024 at 14:27

except 4 sticks ddr5 can cause issues with am5..intel for that matter too...no harm trying though

w00dy85 · 19 Jan 2024 at 14:34

Craig_d1 said:
except 4 sticks ddr5 can cause issues with am5..intel for that matter too...no harm trying though

I had heard their is sometimes issues, I will check to see if their is a bios update to. It may help with stability, though I did up date when I built it.

w00dy85 · 21 Jan 2024 at 20:32

Well I have installed the extra 32GB in my son's PC, so running 64GB now and all seems fine. Kept the memory set to Expo 2 in the bios and updated the bios to the latest.