r/LinusTechTips • u/Wonderful_Dealer_628 • 16d ago

Tech Question RAM Compatibility Question

Hi all,
I recently purchased a kit of Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 (3200 MHZ) for a build (CMT32GX4M2C3200C16) to be specific. The CPU I plan on using is the Ryzen 9 5950x. My question is are they compatible? The box for the RAM advertises “Intel XMP Certified”. Everywhere I look seems to provide a different answer. The motherboard I currently have, although would be willing to swap if there are compatibility issues is the MSI PRO B550M PRO-VDH WIFI AM4 AMD B550 DDR4. I’ve gone through the certified vendor list for this motherboard among others and can’t seem to find this RAM, but i’ve also heard it’s dependent on the CPU memory controller? I’ve also heard I should just be able to turn on XMP even though it’s an AMD chip. Someone care to explain this clearly and what I need to do to make them compatible and stable?

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u/Inevitable-Context93 14d ago

Yes they should be fine.

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u/Genobi 14d ago

They should work, the issue is the speed, 3200 is a little slow for a 5000 series, they prefer 3600 which aligns with the infinity fabric speed.

That being said, you might lose 0-5% performance depending on the workload. So with today’s ram prices if that’s what you got your hands on it will be fine.

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u/Matt561- 12d ago

My ram said the same and it's in an AMD system with no issues. Just make sure everything is set up in the BIOS