Can all RAM work on any pc? If not why? More questions about my pc in thread.

[giannisc]

have an HP Prodesk 400 g2 mt and I can't find my model on kingston's site - memory search. Does this mean that no Kingston RAM can run on my pc? Also what will happen? Will it decrease its performance or not boot at all? I am interested in kingston hyperx fury 8gb kit (2x4gb) 1833mhz ddr3, but it just got my attention, I am not sure yet. Thanks!

 

[helpstar]

which prodesk 400 G2 MT is it exactly? e.g. J4B20EA#ABD or similar
or list the exact hardware like CPU, GPU, motherboard, RAM

why you wanna upgrade? what you gonna do with it?

 

[giannisc]

Thanks for your answer. I have J4B58EA#ABU. Well I saw that I think I have the same motherboard as 400g2. Generally, I have i5 4590s, 4 gb of ram at 800mhz and cl13, intel hd 4600. I use it for many purposes, and I definitely need more RAM. Is it good? Will it work? Thanks again.

 

[helpstar]

well, for gaming you definitely don´t need it 😉

if 1600MHz modules are cheaper, I would get these, because your CPU doesn´t get faster with more than 1600MHz

but should work though

 

[giannisc]

What do you mean "for gaming you definitely won't need it"? I also use photoshop, so I will need it. But 4 gb aren't enough for integrated graphics. Just to pass my time I have some games, and it uses all the 4 gb.

 

[helpstar]

the hd4600 will not use more than 1GB, if set in the BIOS/UEFI, but still, a better cas latency would boost the performance a bit
for Photoshop -> the more the better

the kingston will work, but these have better timings:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f314900cl8d8gbxm
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31866c9d8gab

 

[giannisc]

I have done a little research, and the limit is at 1.7GB. Another question, if I buy a gpu with 4gb dedicated vram, and the game is running at 3gb vram, will it benefit from the extra ram? It's a virtual scenario, just asking. Btw sent you a PM. Thanks