Question Laptop RAM suggestion and clarification ?

[hakimul.islam]

I installed a lexar 3200mhz 8gb and a kingston 8gb 3200mhz value ram in my Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05H (2020 edition) laptop. I removed the Ramaxel 8gb 3200mhz ram which came with the laptop. I also noticed that the Ramaxel one used to heat up more and have ICs on both sides. The lexar and kingston have ICs on only one side and heats up less. What could be the reason? Shall I use the Ramaxel one instead of the Lexar one? Or shall I buy another Kingstone identical to the one that I installed later? or is it fine to use the lexar and kingstone together? All the rams are 3200mhz 8gb CL22 though. I looked up the lexar and kingstone one in CPU Z. they do show differences in the timings table. Interestingly the timing table is same for the ramaxel and kingstone. suggestion would be highly appreciated!

 

[Lutfij]

I installed a lexar 3200mhz 8gb and a kingston 8gb 3200mhz value ram
What you're doing is wearing two different sized clown shoes. It only makes you look silly. They don't have the same IC's and furthermore the binning to the IC's on the sticks of ram will not be the same. If you perform a ram upgrade, you're advised to invest in a matched set of sticks or rather, a ram kit.

If I were in your shoes, I'd return all the rams purchased and look into a dual channel ram kit.

To also address the matter of your rams being hot, it's due to the way Ryzen uses ram for their APU's.

 

[mettall]

I've heard that if you have 2 different ram sticks with the same capacity, the same speed and the same timings it is not an issue to run them together. It's not good if there is a difference in the timings because that may slow down the whole speed overall.
So you can try ramaxel and kingstone together. I'm not sure if they will run in dual-channel but probably you can test that. CPU-Z should show this information.

But Lutfij is right, the best option is to buy a kit with 2 identical ram modules.

 

[hakimul.islam]

I installed a lexar 3200mhz 8gb and a kingston 8gb 3200mhz value ram
What you're doing is wearing two different sized clown shoes. It only makes you look silly. They don't have the same IC's and furthermore the binning to the IC's on the sticks of ram will not be the same. If you perform a ram upgrade, you're advised to invest in a matched set of sticks or rather, a ram kit.

If I were in your shoes, I'd return all the rams purchased and look into a dual channel ram kit.

To also address the matter of your rams being hot, it's due to the way Ryzen uses ram for their APU's.

Thank you for the sugg. The pc also feels a bit faster after removing the Ramaxel ram. I'll try to buy another Kingstone, the exact same model. The lexar one I got it from a friend, he only used it for few days and then upgraded to a ram kit so he gave me that one in 2021. I bought the kingstone just 2 days ago.

 

[hakimul.islam]

I've heard that if you have 2 different ram sticks with the same capacity, the same speed and the same timings it is not an issue to run them together. It's not good if there is a difference in the timings because that may slow down the whole speed overall.
So you can try ramaxel and kingstone together. I'm not sure if they will run in dual-channel but probably you can test that. CPU-Z should show this information.

But Lutfij is right, the best option is to buy a kit with 2 identical ram modules.

They both(all 3 of them) are CL22 rams according to specs, so no major difference at all. But I'm planning to buy another Kingstone identical to the one I just installed. Also after removing the ramaxel the pc feels a bit faster to work with. And by saying 'feels' I'm not imagining things, it's actually slightly smoother and faster.

 

[mettall]

Check the other timings as well. Not only the CL timings but the rest of them too.

And on the top right corner you can see the "Channel #". If it runs in dual-channel mode probably everything should be fine and you would not have buy additional ram.

 

[hakimul.islam]

Check the other timings as well. Not only the CL timings but the rest of them too.

And on the top right corner you can see the "Channel #". If it runs in dual-channel mode probably everything should be fine and you would not have buy additional ram.

It shows dual channel with any 2 of them I have. The only thing changes is when i install the Ramaxel ram in the Ram slot 1, the laptop feels slightly slower. Now I put the Kingstone in slot 1 and Lexar in slot 2, works fine. The only difference I see in the timings between ram 1(Kingstone) and ram 2(Lexar) is when I go to the SPD tab located to the Right side of the Memory tab. Some values are different.

 

[mettall]

That's nice. I think you are good to go with this configuration (Kingston and Lexar), but let's get another opinion from the other members here...