Hi guys, I have two identical PCs that I've built back in 2017, based on a Ryzen 1700 processor and B350 motherboard.
I was going to build new PCs from scratch this year, but instead opted to buy two Ryzen 5600 processors, upgrade the old 8GB RX 480 GPUs, moved from SATA SSDs/HDDs to M.2 PCIe drives, and better rated power supplies for the new GPUs.
Problem 1, one of the PCs works fine with the 2x8 16GB of 3200MHz RAM, but this is RAM that I bought back in 2017. If I wanted to double the RAM to 32GB, am I to understand that buying the same "Corsair 16GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz UDIMM Memory Kit (2 x 8GB) (Black)" may not work because of how many years apart these RAM chips where made?
I've also read that the old B350 chipset based motherboard might add to those concerns.
Problem 2, I also want to double the RAM on the other PC, but it does not at all like the new 3600MHz RAM that I bought for it. It's just 2x8 16GB, but it won't work without it giving of myriad of BSOD like PFN LIST CORRUPT, MEMORY MANAGEMENT, SYTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION and others.
Even if profiles are disabled and it's running at 2133MHz it would BSOD eventually. Is the RAM faulty, or is 3600MHz just out of the question? It works fine with some old "Ballistix 16GB Ballistix Tactical DDR4 2666 MHz Memory Kit (2 x 8GB)" that I had lying around.
Unless I'm missing some other variables, and from similar posts,
It looks like I should buy 2 sticks of 32GB RAM instead of doubling to four sticks which in itself can cause an issue, and perhaps worse if I'm mixing pairs, especially made years apart. My old ass B350 motherboard doesn't help things either.
I was going to build new PCs from scratch this year, but instead opted to buy two Ryzen 5600 processors, upgrade the old 8GB RX 480 GPUs, moved from SATA SSDs/HDDs to M.2 PCIe drives, and better rated power supplies for the new GPUs.
Problem 1, one of the PCs works fine with the 2x8 16GB of 3200MHz RAM, but this is RAM that I bought back in 2017. If I wanted to double the RAM to 32GB, am I to understand that buying the same "Corsair 16GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz UDIMM Memory Kit (2 x 8GB) (Black)" may not work because of how many years apart these RAM chips where made?
I've also read that the old B350 chipset based motherboard might add to those concerns.
Problem 2, I also want to double the RAM on the other PC, but it does not at all like the new 3600MHz RAM that I bought for it. It's just 2x8 16GB, but it won't work without it giving of myriad of BSOD like PFN LIST CORRUPT, MEMORY MANAGEMENT, SYTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION and others.
Even if profiles are disabled and it's running at 2133MHz it would BSOD eventually. Is the RAM faulty, or is 3600MHz just out of the question? It works fine with some old "Ballistix 16GB Ballistix Tactical DDR4 2666 MHz Memory Kit (2 x 8GB)" that I had lying around.
Unless I'm missing some other variables, and from similar posts,
It looks like I should buy 2 sticks of 32GB RAM instead of doubling to four sticks which in itself can cause an issue, and perhaps worse if I'm mixing pairs, especially made years apart. My old ass B350 motherboard doesn't help things either.