If I get 4 sticks of ram can i overclock them on ryzen?

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I was looking to get 8gb ram (2x4) for now until I have the money to upgrade to 16. But I am unsure now as ive seen that ryzen will drop the speed of the sticks to 2133mhz. My question is could I overclock these sticks back up to 2400mhz safely?
I am doing this on a ryzen 1200 OC to around 3.8ghz
 
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bjornl
Overclocking ram is not a guarantee.

Also Ryzen motherboards are far more fussy with ram than Intel ones. So buying 2 more sticks later would typically work on an Intel system so long as they were the same timings.

I am less confident with a Ryzen system based on user comments on here. It might just work perfectly. It might not. Recent updates to the BIOS of most boards have (I am told) improved things.

By default your system will run the ram at their default speeds (be that 2133 or 2400, or whatever). You can select other supported speeds if you have issues. Adding 2 more sticks will reduce your ram command rate from 1t to 2t. This is a fairly trivial drop in performance, but it is a drop.

But, since Ryzen is so...
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Overclocking ram is not a guarantee.

Also Ryzen motherboards are far more fussy with ram than Intel ones. So buying 2 more sticks later would typically work on an Intel system so long as they were the same timings.

I am less confident with a Ryzen system based on user comments on here. It might just work perfectly. It might not. Recent updates to the BIOS of most boards have (I am told) improved things.

By default your system will run the ram at their default speeds (be that 2133 or 2400, or whatever). You can select other supported speeds if you have issues. Adding 2 more sticks will reduce your ram command rate from 1t to 2t. This is a fairly trivial drop in performance, but it is a drop.

But, since Ryzen is so fussy about ram, and it benefits so much from faster ram... have you considered just saving up until you can afford 2x8gb 3200?
 
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Ive seen 4 sticks of single sided ram still run at 1t 2666mhz.

However you're still way better with 2x 8gb sticks from the off in all respects because that kind of result is in no way guaranteed in any ryzen build in my opinion.

Youre pretty much gyaranteed 2400 speed now with agesa bios updates & 2400 is honestly the minimum speed I'd buy - there's a reasonably significant performance increase between 2133 & 2400.

Whats the actual motherboard & ram you're looking at??

Its more practical to look at completed builds on part picker & manufacturer forums than rely on board qvl compatibility lists.

Youll get real world use comments that way which are far more telling that what a manufacturer says is or isn't compatible.

 
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