Snappy Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Hi , would like to upgrade my RAM from 16 to 32Gb. My Mainboard still uses DDR3/DDR3L so I'm stuck with that. I'm not much of a hardware person, did some reading and looked up my mainboard& CPU's ram specification. It says CPU: "DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V" MB: "Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory" Now I have some questions. The CPU specification, does that mean it supports DDR3 at only at 1333mhz and only DDR3L at 1600Mhz? Or does the 1333/ 1600 Mhz speed refer to both variants ? Also regarding DDR3L : Does it make sense to buy that? I read a bit about it and it seems to run at a lower voltage than DDR3. But would that alone result in any noticable performance gains in DCS in comparison to basic DDR3? I mean as far as I understand it I can't overclock it anymore anyway if the MB is limited to 1600Mhz and its already operating at that. Last question: Regarding the actual stick configuration, I'm now running 2x 8GB, DIMM at 1600Mhz. Is there any issue with getting additional 2x8Stick at 1600Mhz if its not from the same manufacturer ? I looked online and didnt get any clear answers on this. Is it better to buy a 4 set of 8GB from the one manufacturer instead? Thanks a lot , Kind regards, Snappy
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