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Good ram?
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Any suggestion what do you mean by "good"? Are you running Intel or AMD?
Intel works well with cheaper RAM (DDR4-2400 is enough), AMD needs faster parts (DDR4-3600 is the sweetspot for Zen2, but you can get good performance with DDR4-3200).
Do you need one stick? Two?
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i got my PC's ram off eBay . 32 gigs span across 4 dimms for £70.65 , "vanilla" spec 2133mhz that can clock at 3000mhz stable and above when using just 2 out of 4 sticks.
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I'm using Corsair in my daily Ryzen 5 PC. Overclocks to a stable 3200mhz and doesn't cause any issues.
Best check with your moptherboard vendor.
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If you ever need one, it's made in Poland 
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Any information on your rig? How would we know considering you gave us absolutely nothing to work with?
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It was only half-joke. I actually ditched Kingston in favor of Goodram about 5 years ago (both RAM and SSDs). At least in my area it's the best bang for the buck, perfect for budget rigs.
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Then you need one identical to the one you already have (I'm assuming you're not going to run that CPU in single channel mode).
Use CPU-Z to find out what you have now, if you don't know already.
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Q.V.L.....
If you don't know what that stands for, then you should not, IMO, be building/upgrading any computers
And FYI, almost any name-brand ram can be considered as "good" ram in general (I've used just about every brand out there in the past 10+ years without issues), but some will work better on certain systems than others... just stay away from the super-cheap, bottom-of-the barrel crap stuff and you should be ok....
Q.V.L.....
If you don't know what that stands for, then you should not, IMO, be building/upgrading any computers
And FYI, almost any name-brand ram can be considered as "good" ram in general (I've used just about every brand out there in the past 10+ years without issues), but some will work better on certain systems than others... just stay away from the super-cheap, bottom-of-the barrel crap stuff and you should be ok....
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What bug said... and bonehead...
If you have a stick, get the same exact stick to match. Otherwise, go to mobo website and look at the memory QVL list and pick something on there.
no, i knew that in this case i don't have any ddr4 ram so i buy a new one
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Better buy 2 x 8GB sticks , be sure you get at least 2 sticks so it can be run in dual channel.
Best to buy ram that's on your motherboard memory QVL.
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AS was said previously and after this poist. If you don't have any, get TWO sticks for dual channel operation.
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It was only half-joke. I actually ditched Kingston in favor of Goodram about 5 years ago (both RAM and SSDs). At least in my area it's the best bang for the buck, perfect for budget rigs.
Fair play.
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I rather like Crucial RAM
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G.Skill as a personal preference then Corsair. Had stability issues with Crucial in the past. Probaly sorted by now but once bitten and all that.