I got a 2x8 16gb 3200mhz ram as an upgrade for my 1x8 earlier in December. Ever since I installed the ram I've been getting occasional deadlocks which obviously force me to hard restart the pc. What can be causing this issue?
Yes, I installed only the new sticks.Did you take out the older 8GB stick?
Motherboard bios is up to date?
If so, it's also possible one of the new sticks is faulty.
Ryzen 5 2600Then I'd suggest giving it run though Memtest86: https://www.memtest86.com/
It can take a few hours, so you may want to sleep over it.
Post your PC's specs please?