[SOLVED] I want to buy 2 8gb ddr4 3200mhz and ia have already 2 4gb ddr4 3000mhz.Can i have all of them in the same mother board??

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I want to buy 2 8gb ddr4 3200mhz and ia have already 2 4gb ddr4 3000mhz.Can i have all of them in the same mother board or must the 4 of them have the same mhz???(i have a ryzen 3 2200g cpu with a gtx 1660 6 gb) and in the future i will buy a better ryzen cpu that s why i want to buy ram with more mhz if i can use my old ram too
 
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now i have an asrock A320M-DGS with two slots but i want to keep my old ram too for an upgrade i may do in the future

the motherboard i might buy is

Gigabyte B450M DS3H
or
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
 

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If it runs, because mixing is not assured (Ryzen can be quite memory sensitive), then the 3200 sticks will downclock to suit the slower ram under automatic operations.

Running four dimms can be tricky running at rated speeds above 2933, wouldn't expect it to work without problems.

If you can help it, just keep to two memory, 2x 8GB and be done. Course you can tinker though.
 
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