Hi all,
I want to expand my system's RAM from 4Gb to 8Gb. My current RAM is 4Gb DDR3 1333 MHz, and while looking for another identical chip I noticed it's not much more expensive to get 2x 4Gb 1600 MHz. So my question is, will my system actually be able to utilize the 1600 MHz, and if not, is there anything I can do to allow it? I've provided screengrabs of my system from CPU-Z.
I built my computer about 5 years ago on a budget, and I've done a couple things so far to try to squeeze some extra life out of it. It's an AMD Athlon II X3 450 unlocked to Phenom II X4 B50, and I used the BIOS feature "OC Genie" to overclock from 3.2 to ~3.6GHz (motherboard is MSI 870-G45). I don't know a lot about overclocking, so after some research it seemed like that was the safest and easiest way to try it. So far everything is stable.
CPU-Z info:
CPU
Caches
Mainboard
Memory
SPD
Thank you for any help.
I want to expand my system's RAM from 4Gb to 8Gb. My current RAM is 4Gb DDR3 1333 MHz, and while looking for another identical chip I noticed it's not much more expensive to get 2x 4Gb 1600 MHz. So my question is, will my system actually be able to utilize the 1600 MHz, and if not, is there anything I can do to allow it? I've provided screengrabs of my system from CPU-Z.
I built my computer about 5 years ago on a budget, and I've done a couple things so far to try to squeeze some extra life out of it. It's an AMD Athlon II X3 450 unlocked to Phenom II X4 B50, and I used the BIOS feature "OC Genie" to overclock from 3.2 to ~3.6GHz (motherboard is MSI 870-G45). I don't know a lot about overclocking, so after some research it seemed like that was the safest and easiest way to try it. So far everything is stable.
CPU-Z info:
CPU
Caches
Mainboard
Memory
SPD
Thank you for any help.