April 10, 20215 yr So, I have a Ryzen 5 3600 on an Asus motherboard. Not sure what model. Came with 8 gigabyte adata DDR4 XPG Z1 @ 3000mhz. I would have liked a modest 8 gigabyte increase, same ram. Everything comes in 16 gigabyte packages though. However, I have found 32 gigabyte packages, same ram model @3200 mhz. I am wonder if I can just drop in faster ram without any extra setup or if even my system can use faster ram. Any advice?
April 10, 20215 yr Is there any lettering on the motherboard that tells you the make and model? Does the BIOS tell you? Or... Quote In the Windows search bar, type in 'cmd' and hit enter. In Command Prompt, type in wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer. Your motherboard manufacturer and the name/model of the motherboard will be displayed. Once you know the motherboard model you can determine the max RAM speed and capacity. However, I would expect it to be compatible with RAM faster than you have now. https://techguided.com/what-motherboard-do-i-have/ Edited April 10, 20215 yr by martin-w
April 10, 20215 yr Author I will try that. I have CPU-z to. Maybe that can give me specs. I want to move to a 64 bit sim eventually. Either Prepar3d or X-plane 11. 8 gig I have doesn't quite cut it but my chip, Ryzen 5 3600 and RX580 8 gig GPU should work okay.
April 11, 20215 yr On 4/10/2021 at 1:38 AM, Gary1124 said: am wonder if I can just drop in faster ram without any extra setup It's usual to have to set/choose a XMP profile inside BIOS Setup, otherwise the motherboard might use default clock which is lower than 3200MHz. Edited April 11, 20215 yr by Emerson67
April 12, 20215 yr (1) Does RAM Speed Matter? — DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-3600 — Game & Non-Gaming Testing on R5 5600X - YouTube Not for flight sim CPU is still King. Raymond Fry.
April 12, 20215 yr 4 hours ago, G-RFRY said: (1) Does RAM Speed Matter? — DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-3600 — Game & Non-Gaming Testing on R5 5600X - YouTube Not for flight sim CPU is still King. GPU>CPU>RAM speed>SSD speed unless you are running some extremely old flightsim like either FS9 or FSX.
April 15, 20215 yr Author My Asus Mobo supports up to 3200 mhz ram bus and 64 gigabytes DDR4. I got my MOBO model with CPU-Z and then I looked it up for specs.
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