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06-17-2020 02:05 PM
I bought the OMEN Obelisk around mid May, and I recently purchased a kit of 2 sticks of 8GB 3200MHz ram from HyperX. I plan on using this to replace the included 1 stick of 8GB 2666MHz ram from HyperX. The sticks should be identical other than the increased MHz that I bought mine at. I am just trying to make sure that the motherboard will be able to handle the 3200MHz ram I bought since the base ram only runs at 2666MHz.
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06-17-2020 02:10 PM - edited 06-17-2020 02:11 PM
I can only tell you that Crucial rates performance with 3200 and 3600's.
You do realize that RAM is specific to a computer model?
HP Envy 8 5010 Tablet
(2) HP DV7t i7 3160QM 2.3Ghz 8GB
Printer -- HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 Legal
Custom Asus Z97D, I7-4790k, 16GB RAM, WIN10 Pro 64bit, ZOTAC GTX1080 AMP Extreme 3 fan 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD, Asus PB287 4k monitor, Rosewill Blackhawk case and 750W OCZ PSU.
06-17-2020 02:10 PM - edited 06-17-2020 02:11 PM
I can only tell you that Crucial rates performance with 3200 and 3600's.
You do realize that RAM is specific to a computer model?
HP Envy 8 5010 Tablet
(2) HP DV7t i7 3160QM 2.3Ghz 8GB
Printer -- HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 Legal
Custom Asus Z97D, I7-4790k, 16GB RAM, WIN10 Pro 64bit, ZOTAC GTX1080 AMP Extreme 3 fan 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD, Asus PB287 4k monitor, Rosewill Blackhawk case and 750W OCZ PSU.
06-17-2020 02:15 PM
@Wb2001,
So if I were to remove the provided 2666MHz 8GB stick before I booted the pc up, and replace it with my 2 sticks of 3200MHz 8GB RAM, would the pc actually be able to fully utilize the 3200MHz, or would it be bottlenecked by the HP motherboard?
06-17-2020 03:14 PM
Hi, @Hogue
The fastest speed any of the supported processors that come with that model series can run the memory at is limited to 2666 MHz.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06385121
Let's just take the best one for example...the Intel Core i9-9900K.
Here are the specs on the processor from Intel...you can see that the supported memory type is 2666 MHz.
If you install 3200 MHz memory, it will 'downclock' or 'bridge' to 2666 Mhz.