Mixing Two RAM same spec different Model

[jayantfordreams]

I have this installed:
[RED COLOR No RGB] Link

I want to upgrade to 64GB but i want RGB Bling, nearest i can get is this:
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LHNF6GT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AJ6SIZC8YQDZX&psc=1


will it work considering spec is same , ignore price

 

[Onasi]

It might or it might not. Mixing kits, even with same specs, is usually a crapshoot.
First link doesn’t work, by the way.

 

[AleXXX666]

I have this installed:
[RED COLOR No RGB]
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0BF9XJSKF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A368CFGDO8H247&th=1

I want to upgrade to 64GB but i want RGB Bling, nearest i can get is this:
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LHNF6GT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AJ6SIZC8YQDZX&psc=1


will it work considering spec is same , ignore price

as I see freq and timings are SAME, chances high it will work, but! check MB QVL list for compatibility of sticks quantity and speeds for same clock ram!

 

[Bill_Bright]

but! check MB QVL list for compatibility of sticks quantity and speeds for same clock ram!

Agreed. Do note while you should get listed CPUs to ensure compatibility, you do not have to get listed RAM. There are just too many brands and model numbers for them to test them all. You should, however, get RAM with the same specs as listed RAM to ensure compatibility. Otherwise, as Onasi points out, it is a crapshoot.

but i want RGB Bling

Do you sit around and gaze in awe and wonder at the interior of your case? Or do you tend to pay attention to the activity on your monitor(s)? If the later, I recommend you not limit your options.

For me, I expect my cases to sit quietly and discreetly off to the side and not be distracting so I can focus on my monitors. But that's me.

 

[freeagent]

As long as they are on the QVL, and are the same spec it should work.

For me I checked QVL on both sides lol.. no problems to report in about 4 years I guess.

Do you sit around and gaze in awe and wonder at the interior of your case?

Maybe..

 

[Bill_Bright]

Maybe..

LOL I guess you never know, huh?

As far as the QVLs, there have been some reports that some of the motherboard makers are falling behind in keeping them updated - particularly after newly released BIOS updates add support for new CPUs or RAM. I've not experienced that myself. Should be easy to check by comparing notes and timestamps.

I will say I have never seen a RAM or CPU QVL that mistakenly listed incompatible items. So at least that is good.

 

[freeagent]

LOL I guess you never know, huh?

As far as QVL goes, I have seen memory listed as working on everything up to Zen2 but doesn’t work for Zen3 on the QVL. So there is that too..

 

[ir_cow]

A bunch of factors go into if it will work. I suggest sticking to 2 DIMMs only.

 

[Zach_01]

I have this installed:
[RED COLOR No RGB] Link

I want to upgrade to 64GB but i want RGB Bling, nearest i can get is this:
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LHNF6GT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AJ6SIZC8YQDZX&psc=1


will it work considering spec is same , ignore price

Its a lottery, simple as that

RGB craplights are indeed crapping on people's sane choices on hardware.
I keep my board lights off, I keep my GPU lights off. I bought the AIO version without the lights...
The only thing that is flashing is a slow rainbow scheme on the 2 DRAM sticks but I strongly refuse to install the RGB controlling bloatware to turn it off.
Those "softwares" are a plague on a PC for me. Constantly keeping busy the CPU, eating cycles, in the background and also keeping it out of its deep sleep state.
Often causing much greater issues...

No thanks! Keeping it simple

 

[ir_cow]

The op linked DDR5-6000 when they have a AMD 3700X? What is the real system its going into?

 

[Calenhad]

Many people are overzealous when it comes to matching memory. LTT have a video where they mismatch memory as hard as they can, and it still works fine with the worst matches possible. Not saying I trust everything LTT does, but in this case I have the same experience. And I am not saying every possible combination will work, they won't. But zealously matching QVL and denying the fact that other products will work just fine, in most cases, is overkill.

As these two sets are from the same manufacturer and have identical specs (at least the listed ones) this will most likely work.

What I would do to maximise the chance for success, is put each set in the same memory channel. By that I mean one matching pair in slots 1-2, and the other in 3-4. Since each channel is trained separately, which many people seem to be unaware of. (e.g even for my matched pair of ram, tertiary timings will train differently between channels A and B if left on auto)

I have done much worse matches than this, even in laptops without memory settings in bios (and 4 full ram slots in some cases). Just use common sense. If timings and/or rated MT are too far apart settle for the worse spec of the set and most of the time it will work just fiiiiine.

 

[ir_cow]

Many people are overzealous when it comes to matching memory. LTT have a video where they mismatch memory as hard as they can, and it still works fine with the worst matches possible. Not saying I trust everything LTT does, but in this case I have the same experience. And I am not saying every possible combination will work, they won't. But zealously matching QVL and denying the fact that other products will work just fine, in most cases, is overkill.

It's more about if the platform can support 4x of a certain speed and the factors that go into it. Single-Rank, Dual-Rank. JEDEC timings or XMP/EXPO. If you are just sticking 4 Single-Rank DIMMS in and don't enable XMP/EXPO, it will 99% likely to work. But at the same time the latency increase and lower frequency can drastically make it a worse performer.

 

[Eskimonster]

i have mixed a lot of ram together on free shit i have gotten , they have always worked for me.

 

[jayantfordreams]

The op linked DDR5-6000 when they have a AMD 3700X? What is the real system its going into?

Oh !! Yes i have not updated my specs here in techpower Up, thanks for note

The op linked DDR5-6000 when they have a AMD 3700X? What is the real system its going into?

now updated

Agreed. Do note while you should get listed CPUs to ensure compatibility, you do not have to get listed RAM. There are just too many brands and model numbers for them to test them all. You should, however, get RAM with the same specs as listed RAM to ensure compatibility. Otherwise, as Onasi points out, it is a crapshoot.


Do you sit around and gaze in awe and wonder at the interior of your case? Or do you tend to pay attention to the activity on your monitor(s)? If the later, I recommend you not limit your options.

For me, I expect my cases to sit quietly and discreetly off to the side and not be distracting so I can focus on my monitors. But that's me.

I prefer my case to be a piece of art, i have it modded also see specs, so people come and often see and say what in the wonder sh*t is this.

Many people are overzealous when it comes to matching memory. LTT have a video where they mismatch memory as hard as they can, and it still works fine with the worst matches possible. Not saying I trust everything LTT does, but in this case I have the same experience. And I am not saying every possible combination will work, they won't. But zealously matching QVL and denying the fact that other products will work just fine, in most cases, is overkill.

As these two sets are from the same manufacturer and have identical specs (at least the listed ones) this will most likely work.

What I would do to maximise the chance for success, is put each set in the same memory channel. By that I mean one matching pair in slots 1-2, and the other in 3-4. Since each channel is trained separately, which many people seem to be unaware of. (e.g even for my matched pair of ram, tertiary timings will train differently between channels A and B if left on auto)

I have done much worse matches than this, even in laptops without memory settings in bios (and 4 full ram slots in some cases). Just use common sense. If timings and/or rated MT are too far apart settle for the worse spec of the set and most of the time it will work just fiiiiine.

i no longer follow LTT they are for beginners at best

Its a lottery, simple as that

RGB craplights are indeed crapping on people's sane choices on hardware.
I keep my board lights off, I keep my GPU lights off. I bought the AIO version without the lights...
The only thing that is flashing is a slow rainbow scheme on the 2 DRAM sticks but I strongly refuse to install the RGB controlling bloatware to turn it off.
Those "softwares" are a plague on a PC for me. Constantly keeping busy the CPU, eating cycles, in the background and also keeping it out of its deep sleep state.
Often causing much greater issues...

No thanks! Keeping it simple

Haha. it's a matter of liking. I personally like stuff that lights up or shiny like crystals or diamonds. no offense to u bro. RGB is too much gimmik i know, but it's life, show biz

 

[Zach_01]

Haha. it's a matter of liking. I personally like stuff that lights up or shiny like crystals or diamonds. no offense to u bro. RGB is too much gimmik i know, but it's life, show biz

Non taken

Diamonds are good…
Even lights are good and I like led lights not just for room lighting. So many things you can do today.
But not on my PC and certainly lights are not going to dictate my hardware choices for sure.

 

[Bill_Bright]

I prefer my case to be a piece of art

Nothing wrong with that. I just don't believe it takes a bunch of flashy lights to make it that way. IMO, a piece of art is timeless. Flashy lights and fancy facades are fads that soon become passé. This is why I really like my Fractal Design Define R4 case. Even though it is long out of production, its classic design is still "in style".

IMO, when it comes to electronics, a piece of art is clean lines, clean (as in no dust or dirt) interior, and tidy, tied back cable management. Oh, and no fan noise either. Another reason I like the FD R4 - it has sound deadening lining throughout. A case should not distract from the tasks at hand, as displayed on our monitor(s).

Fancy RGB lighting does nothing for performance, consumes some power, adds some heat, and does nothing for performance (worth repeating!). But hey! To each his own. Some folks don't mind spending insane amounts of money on fancy paint jobs on their cars either.

 

[eidairaman1]

LOL I guess you never know, huh?

As far as the QVLs, there have been some reports that some of the motherboard makers are falling behind in keeping them updated - particularly after newly released BIOS updates add support for new CPUs or RAM. I've not experienced that myself. Should be easy to check by comparing notes and timestamps.

I will say I have never seen a RAM or CPU QVL that mistakenly listed incompatible items. So at least that is good.

I've never seen a qvl being updated or kept up with.

I will mention though

I have this installed:
[RED COLOR No RGB] Link

I want to upgrade to 64GB but i want RGB Bling, nearest i can get is this:
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B09LHNF6GT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AJ6SIZC8YQDZX&psc=1


will it work considering spec is same , ignore price

It may or may not work with XMP/DOCP but technically should wlith JEDEC, if none work then you have to manually go in and set the rams timings to the weakest 1.

 

[Bill_Bright]

I've never seen a qvl being updated or kept up with.

Sure you have - you just don't realize it. How else would the QVL indicate it needs this or that firmware version (that came out AFTER the board left the factory) if it has not been updated?