Suitable RAM for my PC

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  rompastompa on 02/08/2017 - 22:12

  You can check memory compatibility specs of your mainboard.You have 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets, so you can only use DDR3.

  Run a few memtest64 cycles to see if it is your memory that is causing issues.

  Second hand RAM is usually fine, but you'd want to memtest them first.

  Are you getting random BSOD?

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    pifts on 02/08/2017 - 22:47

    Yeah it alternates between normal freezing (monitors freeze the graphics, need to hold power button) and, less frequently, BSODs (a few different ones).

    Thanks I should have looked it up. Does it matter which MHz I use?

    Memtest gave a lot of errors for every 'test', but I have yet to run on each individual stick.

    Thanks again.

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  battler on 02/08/2017 - 22:34

  +5

  try one stick of 4GB ram at a time, see how PC responds. Repeat for each stick. See if that identifies a bad stick.
  if one stick is bad, then 8GB may well be adequate to do what you need to do??

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    Wystri Warrick on 03/08/2017 - 01:05

    I second this

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    pifts on 03/08/2017 - 22:03

    Thanks that sounds like a do-able plan! (even for me)

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    pifts on 03/08/2017 - 22:31

    I just tried this right after my PC crashed a few minutes ago.

    RAM #1: Monitors stay off. Need to hold power button to restart.
    RAM #2: Same thing.
    RAM #3: Booted up for a few seconds before it froze again.

    After a few goes with all 3 I'm back online.. gonna guess all 3 are duds or something else is messed.

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      battler on 03/08/2017 - 22:46

      did you try different slots? all in same slot? slot 1?

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        pifts on 03/08/2017 - 23:10

        All in the same slot. Are they different? I'll try another slot next freeze.

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        KnifeEnthusiastBoi on 24/08/2017 - 09:55

        @pifts: test different slots to find out if it's the motherboard

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  Word on 03/08/2017 - 20:15

  Kingston.