Feel like you’d be lucky to get single stick because the performance difference is marginal and you have the opportunity to upgrade it to 32GB by buying just 1 16GB stick.
My understanding is that DDR5 is very sensitive to matched pairs of modules. I don’t think you can rely on individually purchased sticks working together. Not to say that it can’t work, but it might be a crapshoot.
I wonder how long it will be until Steam Machine owners start selling their original sticks to other Steam Machine owners, and then buying a matched pair for themselves.
Even modules sold under the same model number may use chips from a different manufacturer, or have a different PCB layout. These differences can make some modules incompatible with otherwise seemingly identical modules.
Feel like you’d be lucky to get single stick because the performance difference is marginal and you have the opportunity to upgrade it to 32GB by buying just 1 16GB stick.
My understanding is that DDR5 is very sensitive to matched pairs of modules. I don’t think you can rely on individually purchased sticks working together. Not to say that it can’t work, but it might be a crapshoot.
I wonder how long it will be until Steam Machine owners start selling their original sticks to other Steam Machine owners, and then buying a matched pair for themselves.
You can if you buy the same spec. People often don’t read the notes on what they buy, I think that’s the problem.
Even modules sold under the same model number may use chips from a different manufacturer, or have a different PCB layout. These differences can make some modules incompatible with otherwise seemingly identical modules.
Hmm I thought the fine print listed the chip info.
Its been a while since I build my PC.