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Forum discussion tagged with ram.
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    Question Similar RAM in Mobo QVL but not quite what I have ?

    Hello. Im am bulding two pcs on the X670e-e Gaming wifi and x870e-e Gaming wifi mobos, both by asus, with a 9800x3d and 9950x3d respectively I have two sets of 64gb ddr5 rams CMK64GX5M2B6000Z30 by Corsair that i got for these rigs Problem is, QVL for both motherboards lists a close...
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    Question DRAM for ASRock Industrial 4X4 AI350 MiniPC?

    Has anyone gotten the AI350 minipc named above to work with 64 GB DDR5 DRAM? What DRAM did you use? I get memory test errors that I blame on high temperature (>82 degrees C CPU temp) running memtest86+. Thanks in advance, Eric
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    Question How does the CPU know which RAM is installed ?

    The real question is... not quite that, although heavily related. (This is only out of curiosity and I'm not saying that anyone should even attempt to do this.) Let's imagine a (hypothetical) situation where someone (for simplicity, I, but it doesn't matter who, and in reality, it's much...
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    Question Can I overclock my cpu and ram without crashing? Please help me

    Hello I tried overclocking my cpu and ram but it keeps on crashing after a while. The most stable it runs is on 3.5ghz ryzen 5 1600 and ram trident z rgb at 2666mhz. I'm fine with the ram speed being at 2666mhz but i want my cpu to atleast run at 3.8 or 3.75. Should i increase the voltage? what...
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    [SOLVED] My Motherboard suddenly can only read 2GB DDR3 RAM

    This is actually kinda long story, it happens 2 days ago... So my friend asked me to check his SSD to my PC, which is normal, i've been using this PC for many years, no issue, normal, daily and gaming, normal. And then i agreed, take his SSD, remove my SSD first, and then plug his SSD, and then...
  6. ethriuz06

    Question My PC won't boot after I restart it or shut it down ?

    Every time I restart my PC, it fails to boot up and instead shows a black screen, even though the machine is still running. This is incredibly frustrating, especially when I need to restart for updates. When I try to turn it back on, it often won’t boot. Occasionally, it will start after waiting...
  7. Ferimer

    Question Upgrade Suggestions

    Good day all. I am looking to upgrade some key components to my PC. I want to see what would pair best with my 4070 Super and be a better upgrade compared to my current set up. The components I am looking to upgrade are Motherboard - Current is a MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) RAM - Corsair...
  8. Sam_Supernoodles

    Question Memtest is fast in 1 ram slow in another ?

    Ok so I using memtest to test my ram as I'm having an issue when I dowload my wifi drivers it causes a BSOD saying IRQL_ Not_ Less_ or_ Equal and I've seen people say it a faulty ram. I want to ask is it the stick as one finished memtest in like 15 mins while the other one took 30 minutes. Is...
  9. Manuel Jordan

    Question VirtualBox: Can be the Host be infected through the Guest if is infected?

    Hello Friends Consider the following scenario A PC/Laptop has installed VirtualBox. Therefore Host -> Guest Consider the following points: Is mandatory open a PDF file with sensitive data but exists the high risk it is infected by anything The Host is Linux The Guest is Windows with Adobe...
  10. aroy1995

    Question Is DDR4 RAM Still Good Enough in 2025? From the perspective of workstation systems.

    In 2025, DDR5 RAM has largely taken over new consumer and enterprise systems, with DDR6 on the horizon. But many midrange workstations — especially in research labs, including mine — still rely on DDR4 RAMs. We use an HP Z-series workstation with an Intel Core i5-12500 (Alder Lake) paired with...
  11. Caesar886

    Question Cant decide which ram to buy!

    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3GHz 128MB AM5 4nm CPU CORSAIR 6500D AIRFLOW Mid-Tower ATX Mid Tower CORSAIR RM1200x Shift 1200W 80+ Gold PCI 5.0 ATX 3.0 PSU MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WIFI 8400MHz(OC) DDR5 Soket AM5 M.2 HDMI USB-C ATX Motherboard CORSAIR iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB AIO 360mm Cooling M2...
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    Question To Ram or not to Ram.

    Oh great and knowledgeable PC tech experts, I beseech thee. I am wondering if adding additional ram would be the best option at this point. My current specs are X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI MOBO Ryzen 5800 cpu 16 g ddr4 ram (trident Z 3200mt/s GeForce 3070ti 800w gold psu I do notice with some of...
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    Question System only gives display signal with 1 ram stick, but I'd like to use more ?

    I was having constant crash issues during cyberpunk and elden ring sessions so I decided to replace the mobo, cpu, and ram. But during setup I could only get it to boot up into bios about 1 in every 5 attempts... and not at all if using all of the ram. Are there compatibility issues with my...
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    Question Swapping out a Mother Board, CPU and RAM

    Hello, I have a home built PC. It is running WIN 11 from an onboard NVME RAM. It also has Solid state memory RAM attached. Specs are X570 Mobo with Ryzen 5600X CPU and AM4 16GB RAM. My question is: I'd like to upgrade the motherboard to B850 with Ryzen 9700X CPU and AM5 RAM. Can I carry out a...
  15. FzNdr

    Question RAM won't overclock to 3200Mhz ?

    Hello everyone, Im currently facing issues on my pc that has an i5-12400F and 32Gb of DDR4 ram which are advertised to run at 3200Mhz, Currently using an esonic h610 motherboard that supports 3200mhz ram in dual channel mode as per the specifications below...
  16. Lemegeton1573

    Question PC keeps crashing due to RAM, but only when gaming ?

    Hi all! Lately, for no reason whatsoever, my computer's been crashing when playing CS or Apex (for some reason, I've run GPU and CPU stress tests with no incident though), with the error codes WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED (it's also worth mentioning that for some reason my...
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    Question Did I screw up my PC after upgrading the RAM with different Mhz ?

    Greetings, originally, I was using 2 sticks of Corsair VENGEANCE® RGB PRO 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4, CL 18 - now with another Corsair Vengeance RGB RS, 16GB, 3200MHz, DDR4, CL16. Although it appears to be working correctly, some games (Call of Duty Black Ops 1 and everything related to Unreal...
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    Question Question about memory specs for B650E AORUS MASTER motherboard

    I haven't built a PC in a while and am a bit confused about the memory specs on the motherboard I plan on purchasing. I'm thinking of buying the B650E AORUS MASTER and under the memory section it lists these numbers but I'm not sure what they mean. "Support for DDR5 8000(OC)/ 7800(OC)/...
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    Question Is the Quiet! Dark Rock Pro V worth it for a mid-range build and will it block ram slots of B650E?

    I plan on getting the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro V for B650E AORUS MASTER ATX AM5 Motherboard. I plan on going for a mid-range gaming build. Is that heatsink overkill or should I choose a cheaper one? I don't plan on overclocking (but I might) and the heatsink is a bit expensive but I am interested...
  20. hibach1

    Question Mixing 2 RAM of different sizes, same models.

    As listed in title, are there any consequences of mixing 2 RAM kits of the exact same model, just different sizes? 2x8GB 3200MHz and 2x16GB 3200MHz I have the 2x8 already and I was just wondering if having a 2x16 would be better in case i wanted to go beyond 32
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    Question Will a 280mm AIO fit into my case?

    I'm upgrading my pc and would like to know if my new AIO will comfortably fit inside without hitting the motherboard heatsinks. I need to mount the watercooler on top of the case so my graphics card can fit properly. I'm awful with measurements and need someone to help me confirm that everything...
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    Question No Signal to monitor

    Hello guys, i am trying to fix a 12 year old PC that was sitting for 2 years now. The problem is that the computer used to work fine until 1 day it stop sending signal to monitor while everything lights up and starts up fine. I have also taken out GPU and tested it on my main system and it...
  23. core2314567

    Question ram issues

    i have been having issues with games that when loading the game starts taking ram and doesnt stop and crashes in loading or i play the game untill the ram fells like victoria 3 it shouldnt take 9gb of ram or city skylines taking 11gb i have 16gb ddr4 ram rx570 4gb and xenon e5 2680 v4
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    Question There's no monitor display if XMP profile is enabled ?

    I've just upgraded to a ryzen 5 5600x. 16gb*2 Corsair vengeance 3200 and the MSI B550m a pro motherboard. But the ram was running at 2133mhz so obviously I want it to go faster, so I went to the XMP setting in the BIOS and selected profile 2, exited the BIOS and now there's no display on the...
  25. newwbie

    Question System lagged out during gaming , then didnt turn on

    Hi , I just faced this issue , I wasn playing MH Wilds on a new rig i just bought and it suddenly hung up during alt tab . The cursor moved but everything else was frozen. I restarted the PC and it didnt boot , so i checked it and it shows the CPU light and the DRAM ligh on the mother board , I...
  26. blackcatjeco

    Question How to fix a ram stick causing stuttering?

    This issue has been plaguing me where every game I play, stutters. In msi afterburner, when the stutters showed up the gpu usage went 0% and the cpu usage goes 100% , I thought it has something to do with either of those components but it's the ram stick. I took one out (the second slot) and the...
  27. furius980

    Question It's like poor performance is chasing me...

    I'll be as brief as possible. A few months ago, I posted a thread asking for help with my PC's terrible performance, and after some in-depth research, we concluded it was a hardware issue, as my PC had a Chinese motherboard and a second-hand Xeon CPU. After upgrading (which happened just a...
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    Question No display after upgrading ram

    I bought new ram and when installed it doesn't show my display. I'm going from ddr4 16gb 2666mhz to 16-18-18-38 1.2v to ddr4 32gb 3600mhz 18-22-22-42 1.35v. computer boots up but no display. I've tried changing bios to xmp doesn't work, tried setting it manually to 3600 doesn't work, tried...
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    Question ASRock beta BIOS downgrade ?

    BIOS options for ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Professional Gaming i7 list every release in the v4.xx as versions one can not downgrade. Considering one could face some issues after upgrade I am somewhat reluctant to go from 3.40. There is however a beta version, 4.20B[Beta], that seems to not have this...
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    Question Questions about SignalRGB

    Usually, I rely on MSI Center’s Mystic Light to manage the RGB lighting for my fans and TForce RAM sticks. I recently got a Razer Ornata V3 keyboard, but Mystic Light wouldn’t detect it, so I switched to Razer Chroma to control the keyboard’s RGB. It works fine for that, but now every time I...
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    Question One of the RAM slots in my laptop is not working ?

    Hello. I have two slots in my laptop where I installed a 16GB and an 8GB RAM stick. While the total should be 24GB, it shows only 16GB in the BIOS and in Task Manager. So it only sees the slot where the 16GB stick is installed. I'm already getting 16GB in performance, but in the CPU-Z utility...
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    Question corsair vs g.skill RAM w same specs, which is better?

    Hii, looking for which ram is better. They seem to have same specs but im not sure which is better, the same specs are: (64gb = 2 x 32, 3600mgz, c18) Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO vs TridentZ RGB my mother board is a ddr4 motherboard with Asus PRIME Z690-P WIFI D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard and cpu...
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    Question Need help choosing my new DDR5 64GB RAM

    Hello everyone, I will be building a new PC in the coming days and I would be grateful for your input regarding my choice of RAM. My specs will be: RTX 5090 MSI GAMING X TRIO AMD 9950X3D Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB (might go with the 420 version if I change my case) Corsair HX1200...
  34. Agyriotic

    Question Constant bsods

    Hello everyone, I've been experiencing a crazy turn of events with my pc lately. I’ve built it myself using research and cross referencing compatibility lists etc. I never truly got it stable but it never had bsods like this before(to the point it wouldn’t post or would post then crash...
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    Question Dead RAM or RAM slots?

    Hello all, Yesterday when powering my PC on I noticed a light flashing back and forth between DRAM and CPU on the mobo, the cpu fan struggling to start. So I took out the RAM sticks and re seated, no luck. Tried 1 ram stick in slot 2 no luck, tried 1 ram stick in slot 4 and it worked for an...
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    Question Memory will not run at full speed

    Recently purchased some new memory sticks to get more than 16GB of RAM on my system. I was sure to match the manufacturer and speed, that being micron and 4800MHZ. Before I installed the RAM my computer was running the memory at 4800MHZ, however when I installed the new ram it dropped to 3600MHZ...
  37. bitiii

    Question I got multiple BSOD after changing components

    Hi, in the last 2 weeks I had a problem. I changed my motherboard and CPU (I had a Gigabyte B450M DS3H and a AMD Ryzen 5 2600) and now I have Asus Prime B450M-A II and a AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (second-hand). I get BSOD every once an hour or if I start the pc and then I start 3-4 apps instantly. I...
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    Question RAM recommendations?

    Anyone got any good recommendations for Compatible ram sticks with my setup that is faster than 3600? Would same ram model but ddr5 also be compatible? - (currently have G.skill Trident Z Rgb 32gb (2 X 16gb) ddr4 3600, and am looking for sticks preferably from gskill, but any other...
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    Question BSOD - Memory Error in Dump - Before & After RAM Replacement

    Good Morning! I started BSODing randomly one day playing... world of warcraft(classic 2004)? So I presumed it to be ram since my system is ~5 years old and ive only been running on 32gb ram all this time - gpu/cpu at a very light overclock for a few years as well I'm definitely not a technician...
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    Question Why is my system crashing after installing new RAM ?

    First I'm going to give you some details about my pc. I have a Ryzen 5 2400g on an ASUS a320m-k motherboard and previously had installed 1x G.skill aegis f4 3000 8gb and 1x Crucial 2133 8gb. I wanted to upgrade my RAM and since the previous Aegis stick worked decided to get a kit 32gb f4 3000...