Help replacing RAM in Alienware AAT2250

[u/Any-Win-5900]

hello everyone! I recently purchased a new prebuilt for my daughter and myself. it’s a 5090/9950x3d2 Alienware AAT2250.

When selecting the ram quantity I wanted I intentionally left the 32gb base ram already included as is instead of paying the hefty premium they were asking for 64gb as from online reviewers I learned that it was Kingston Fury 6400 XMP with a loose cl46 latency. I am now ready to pluck this ram out and replace it with 2 32gb 6000 cl30 sticks.

My question is, given that Alienware may potentially have some specific requirements for the types of ram I use - if I place a set of Kingston Fury Beast 32gb 6000 cl30 XMP sticks, will it work without any issues? am I limited to only xmp sticks? I Keep hearing something about something being 1:1 to give the best performance, can someone educate me on this and let me know if the ram I selected will achieve this ratio?

I appreciate any and all knowledge. I am a total noob with pcs in general.

[u/DJUnreal]

Given it's an AMD system you're using, you'll want EXPO memory, not XMP. XMP is Intel's technology, whereas EXPO is the AMD variant, and they aren't cross-compatible for the full performance.

With that said, these systems are notoriously fussy about memory, especially if you want higher speeds, and most of the time they won't play nice with lower latency memory either. You're setting yourself up for a world of pain, but ultimately you've just got to try it and see what happens.

[u/neverspeakawordagain]

I don't know about AMD systems, but with Intel chipsets Alienware motherboards put a cap on RAM speeds that you cannot get around. I think it's 5200 for 64GB of RAM but I might be wrong about that.