4x4 1600 RAM on a FX 8350?

Zidnex

Reputable
Jun 30, 2014
1
0
4,510
So I made my computer about a year ago looking primarily into gaming (Please, don't laugh when you see my specs..) and I recently got into video rendering. After a few minutes, I realized 8gb of RAM was simply not enough. So I was planning on buying 2 more sticks of RAM, but I started wondering if my CPU would allow me to.

Specs -
CPU - AMD FX 8350 (Not OC)
GPU - EVGA 650 1GB (Like I said, don't laugh ;~;)
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2x4gb) 1600
PSU - Corsair HX750

Anyways, again would I be able to buy another 2x4gb of 1600 and thenrun a 4x4gb 1600 setup?
 
Solution
That's what I normally recommend...the manufacturers sell a wide variety of sets in differing number of sticks because each set has been tested to all work/play together and the more sticks generally a little more expensive as it takes more time to find 4 sticks that all play well together than it is to simply find 2 that will.....you might pull 10 consecutive sticks right off the line and out of those 10 only find a single combo of 4 sticks that will all play together (plus XMP programming in the sticks is based on the number of sticks in a package)

jaraldo

Honorable
ahh, I was under the impression as long as they were the same series and brand, there was little to no risk.

Is the safest way to upgrade ram from a consumer stand point, to just sell what ram you have and buy a brand new kit? (4x4gb in this case)
 

Tradesman1

Legenda in Aeternum
That's what I normally recommend...the manufacturers sell a wide variety of sets in differing number of sticks because each set has been tested to all work/play together and the more sticks generally a little more expensive as it takes more time to find 4 sticks that all play well together than it is to simply find 2 that will.....you might pull 10 consecutive sticks right off the line and out of those 10 only find a single combo of 4 sticks that will all play together (plus XMP programming in the sticks is based on the number of sticks in a package)
 
Solution

Tradesman1

Legenda in Aeternum
That's pretty much the way DRAM use to be (DDR, DDR2) pretty plain and simple, then DDR3 came alone - JEDEC originally basically specced it too run up through 1600 sticks, which quickly went by the wayside as people wanted faster, so there were no pre-laid specs for the newer and faster 1866, 2133 popped out and the DRAM manufacturers prettty much set there own standards, by the time JEDEC actually had stands out for 1866/2133 there was even faster sticks, so you find a much wider variety of timings, chips/ICs used, etc....Also over time the manufacturers use different ICs, i.e. Kingston has gone to using 4megabit ICs in some of there sticks where they used to use 2 Megabit ones, and now on a lot of 'older' mobos, some 1155s, 1366, 1156, etc the newer 4mb chip sticks won't work. There's a lot that plays into DRAM these days