Hi, please talk to me like I'm stupid. I'm wanting to upgrade my first ever build. I'm an amateur at best.
Current build (may 2020):
MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max
Ryzen 5 3600
Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo CPU Cooler
G.Skill Ripjaws V16 GB (2 X 8) DDR4-3200 CL16 - Part # F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
MSI GTX 1660 Super Ventus XS OC (original gpu) / Gigabyte Aorus Elite RTX 3060 Ti 3x OC (recent upgrade April 2022)
Crucial P1 500GB 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD
Crucial MX500 1TB SSD
WD Caviar Blue 1 TB HDD
FSP Hydro GE 650W 80+ Gold
Fractal Design Focus G ATX case
2x 140mm fans (in front)
3x 120mm fans (2x out back & top / 1 in bottom)
Kingwin 5.25" Front Bay USB Hub / Card Reader
My issue: I'm wanting upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600X or perhaps a Ryzen 7 5800X (that's settled). But I'm also wanting to upgrade to 32GB RAM. I've already decided against my original plan of just adding 2X sticks of my original DDR4-3200 after reading about the possibility of the 2 kits not playing well together (I think that's more than I can handle). So I'm looking for a new 32GB kit, preferably DDR4-3600 CL16 to best suit the Ryzen 5000 series.
Man, I am running into compatibility confusion.
Am I right in understanding that the MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max does NOT support DDR4-3600? MSI's support page lists memory compatibility as:
"For AMD Ryzen Gen3 (R5/R7/R9)
2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466/ 4000/ 4133 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE)
For AMD Other CPU
2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE)"
Also when looking up the QVL on various DDR4-3600 kits, my mobo is NEVER listed. I haven't found a single kit or DDR4-3600 that is listed as compatible.
EDIT: Also, how reliable is this site: pangoly ? It also list NO DDR4-3600 RAM as being compatible with my mobo. EDIT
Again, does my mobo just NOT support DDR4-3600? Or have newer kits just not been tested on these older boards and that's why it's excluded from the QVL?
Do I need to alternatively go with 3466? or 4000?
Or am I missing something obvious (quite likely)? I'm really hoping to avoid purchasing a new mobo. Any thoughts are helpful. Thanks in advance.
P.S.
I've been advised to try the G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 But as mobo compatibility is not listed, I'm apprehensive without a little more info there. Hopefully you fine folk can elaborate.
Current build (may 2020):
MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max
Ryzen 5 3600
Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo CPU Cooler
G.Skill Ripjaws V16 GB (2 X 8) DDR4-3200 CL16 - Part # F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
MSI GTX 1660 Super Ventus XS OC (original gpu) / Gigabyte Aorus Elite RTX 3060 Ti 3x OC (recent upgrade April 2022)
Crucial P1 500GB 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD
Crucial MX500 1TB SSD
WD Caviar Blue 1 TB HDD
FSP Hydro GE 650W 80+ Gold
Fractal Design Focus G ATX case
2x 140mm fans (in front)
3x 120mm fans (2x out back & top / 1 in bottom)
Kingwin 5.25" Front Bay USB Hub / Card Reader
My issue: I'm wanting upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600X or perhaps a Ryzen 7 5800X (that's settled). But I'm also wanting to upgrade to 32GB RAM. I've already decided against my original plan of just adding 2X sticks of my original DDR4-3200 after reading about the possibility of the 2 kits not playing well together (I think that's more than I can handle). So I'm looking for a new 32GB kit, preferably DDR4-3600 CL16 to best suit the Ryzen 5000 series.
Man, I am running into compatibility confusion.
Am I right in understanding that the MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max does NOT support DDR4-3600? MSI's support page lists memory compatibility as:
"For AMD Ryzen Gen3 (R5/R7/R9)
2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466/ 4000/ 4133 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE)
For AMD Other CPU
2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE)"
Also when looking up the QVL on various DDR4-3600 kits, my mobo is NEVER listed. I haven't found a single kit or DDR4-3600 that is listed as compatible.
EDIT: Also, how reliable is this site: pangoly ? It also list NO DDR4-3600 RAM as being compatible with my mobo. EDIT
Again, does my mobo just NOT support DDR4-3600? Or have newer kits just not been tested on these older boards and that's why it's excluded from the QVL?
Do I need to alternatively go with 3466? or 4000?
Or am I missing something obvious (quite likely)? I'm really hoping to avoid purchasing a new mobo. Any thoughts are helpful. Thanks in advance.
P.S.
I've been advised to try the G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 But as mobo compatibility is not listed, I'm apprehensive without a little more info there. Hopefully you fine folk can elaborate.
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