Question Help with ram compatibility

[George Moytsios]

Hello, I want to upgrade my ram and cpu and I need some help.

My motherboard is asrock B450m Steel Legend

I want to upgrade from R5 2600 to R5 5600x -> checked and a simple bios update will do the trick

I want to upgrade from 16gb 2666mhz ram to 32gb 3600mhz -> my problem

Do I have to follow the memory QVL from asrock or can I just buy a 3600 kit and install it?

Asrock support is not helping at all.

 

[Lafong]

Not sure if you mean buying entirely new 32.

Adding 16 might work. Might not. Reasonable chance it would, but maybe not at hoped for settings.

Buying 32 new is clearly safer choice.

QVL is not a list of the only possible valid choices.