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System Name | Eric's Battlestation |
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Processor | Core i7 6700k |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 |
Cooling | Fractal Design Celsius S24 |
Memory | Patriot Viper Steel Series DDR4 32GB 3200MHz |
Video Card(s) | MSI Mech 6750 XT |
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB, Intel 660p 2TB |
Display(s) | Gigabyte M27Q |
Case | Fractal Design Define R5 |
Power Supply | EVGA G2-XR 80 Plus Gold 750W |
Mouse | Steelseries Rival 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G810 |
Software | Microsoft Windows 10 Home |
Hello everyone, I found out that half of my RAM has effectively gone kaput. Currently I have Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB RAM in my system. I Used to OC it to 3200, but it was making my system unstable, used to get all kinds of boot failures. Then I updated Windows to 1903 and I check to make sure the update went through and see that Windows is only showing 8GB of RAM in the system. Weird? No it gets better. Immediately afterwords I start getting Page File BSODs every 15 minutes. Sure enough, one of the modules in the RAM went bad and through trial and error I have found which one it is. The question is whether I should buy or warranty the same replacement or to use this opportunity to upgrade to 32GB? I already have my eyes on some G. Skill Ripjaws as a replacement. I think 32GB is overkill right now as I use my PC primarily for gaming and light office tasks, but the future is always now, right? $140 for 32GB seems like a great deal for that much memory and a good hedge against future price gouging. I'm interested to hear the community's thoughts on this though, so feel free to chime in. Thanks!