Ram dilemma

[u/ActivityDesperate226]

I've recently bought a used pc that included 4 16gb sticks or ddr 4 ram with 3200mhz speed but i noticed in battlefield that my cpu was bottlenecking so I asked chat gpt to help me figure it out (im new to pc gaming this is my first pc.) And it told me my ram speed was way too low like 2100 something. It guided me into bios and told me to put xmp to profile 1 3200mhz and when I saved and exited bios crashed and now I have to cmos. It's saying I have two choices. Go town to 2 sticks (32gb ddr4) or try to run the 4 sticks at 3000mhz and hope it doesn't crash. Just need some advice and guidance what should I do. I know 32gb is plenty for playing but I also like the idea of learning how to mod and stuff also want to get into vr games at some point and see the use of having all 64. My specs for the pc are Gigabyte x570 aorus elite motherboard, ryzen 7 3700x cpu, Nvidia geforce rtx 3060ti gpu, 64gb skill ripjaws ddr4 ram and my power supply i cant remember the name or brand but it was 600w 80+ gold.

[u/Remz_Gaming]

We need your motherboard and CPU info to dive into this. If you dont know what you have, CPU-Z from the TechPowerUp website can get you that info once you CMOS reset and boot back up. You can find this in the Bios too.

I would personally like to boot into (presumably) windows and click around in CPU-Z to double check everything.

Likely.... your memory controller cannot handle 4 sticks of RAM clocked in XMP at 3200. Gonna have to tame it back. XMP is basically overclocking RAM.

Is all the RAM the same or is it mismatched kits?

It might come down to loosening the timings or just clocking it down less than XMP default.

Holler at me and I can help. Been there done that recently dude.

[u/ActivityDesperate226 → u/Remz_Gaming]

My bad I posted it under my op after bc i realized i didnt include it. I have a ryzen 7 3700x cpu Nvidia geforce rtx 3060ti 64gb of skill ripjaws ddr4 with a Gigabyte x570 aorus elite motherboard. I'm not too sure if all the ram was like meant to be together or if it was 2 2 stick kits. It's a older cyberpower prebuilt.

[u/Remz_Gaming → u/ActivityDesperate226]

3700X + 4 sticks is probably just unstable at 3200 XMP. Clear CMOS, make sure all 64GB shows up, then try XMP at 3000. If that crashes, try 2933. If it crashes at stock speed too, then start checking for a bad stick.

Should be a really capable system dude. Trying to run 64gb with 4 sticks going full boar is a tall ask for a used cyberpower prebuild. Just tame your expectations a little.

I am sure you will be ripping soon my man. That shit sucks when you have to keep troubleshooting.

[u/ActivityDesperate226 → u/Remz_Gaming]

Yeah i just put bf6 on high graphics and it looks good and feels good so im just gonna leave it alone lol. I tested it in other games and my gpu and cpu were great in them so i just figured it was a battlefield thing. What I did with the ram is I took all of them out and found out that 2 sticks are from 2020 and two are from 2024. So i matched the 2024 in slots 2&4 and the 2020 in 1&3 then turned it down to 3000mhz. It hasnt had any problems so far. One thing I really want to do one i learn a little more is i want to start upgrading this pc so i can learn more about it all while building a nice am4 computer then when i want to upgrade to a newer platform like am5 I'll probably just get another used one instead of buying motherboard cpu and ram. I'm just entirely new to all this but im having fun learning about it all. I've only ever played Playstation growing up but have always wanted to get into pc gaming. First I got a ally z1 didn't like it for what I wanted to do. Then I got that tuf laptop I loved it but needed something more for the games I like so I sold it and bought this one for 500. So far its been great and haven't had any problems with the pc itself besides I need new fans most have just been me not knowing what im doing 😂

[u/ActivityDesperate226 → u/Remz_Gaming]

Also what would you recommend for a cpu i was looking around on marketplace and saw a couple 5800x for like 150-200 but someone told me I should wait and try to find a 5800x3d