[benherrmann]

Hello all...

I just purchased a Cyberpower gaming PC (a GXi3000CSTV2 on a great close out price) - and I'll be using it mainly for photography work. It features an i5 CPU and has 32 Gig of DDR5 6000 RAM installed.

I mistakenly ordered and inserted an additional 64 Gig of DDR 5 5600 MHZ of RAM and after removing the RAM that was in there and replacing it with the new RAM, I was flabbergasted to see that the PC would not load windows 11. I've since returned that RAM and put the old RAM back in (specifically in the original slots 1 and 3). After reinserting the RAM, the PC started acting like it did with the other RAM, and seemingly took like 30-60 seconds just to boot up. That had me scared for a moment, wondering if I had damaged the PC.

I have a few questions:

1. Firstly, there are 4 RAM slots on my Motherboard and Cyberpower had installed two 16 Gig modules - one in slot 1 and the other one in slot 3. This begs the question, why didn't they insert those in slots 1 and 2?

2. Secondly, why would the PC load very slowly after reinserting the RAM?

3. Thirdly, when the new (correct) RAM arrives - this time from the same manufacturer (T-Force) and model number (which is DDR5 6000Mhz CL38), do I remove the two 16 Gig modules and insert the two 32 Gig modules in the same place (slots 1 and 3)?

4. Finally, with slots 2 and 4 being open, could I then reinsert the two 16 Gig modules that I originally had, in those slots - thus giving me 96 Gigs of RAM?

5. Or, can I place the two new 32 Gig modules in slots 1 and 2, and then put the two 16 Gig modules in slots 3 and 4?

I know - lots of questions, but I need to learn here. Thanks in advance for any help.

Ben Herrmann
Fuquay-Varina, NC

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The Speccy report is at:

 

https://speccy.pirif...2leWG0rmqJk3q2H

 

The exact CPU model is: i5-14400F up to 4.7Ghz. Purchased from Costco the other day - perhaps it's a special model. I couldn't tell you what generation that CPU would be, perhaps you know?

The motherboard is:

Manufacturer: Asrock
Model: B760M-C
Chipset vendor: Intel
Chipset: Raptor Lake

To be honest, although I've been using PC's for a long while now (since the mid 90's), I still consider myself an amateur when it comes to the technical aspects of it all.

Alright, am I correct in assuming that it would be best just to have the memory modules in slots 1 and 3 (the way the PC was configured) - and just upgrade the RAM in those two slots. Or, could I insert four 32Gig RAM modules into the four slots to boost my RAM content?  I need as much RAM as possible because of heavy photographic work and the latest versions of Photoshop and other professional software just eats RAM big time.

 

I called Cyberpower the other day and talked to their technical support.  They were able to pull up my model PC right away and I was told that the Motherboard can handle up to 256 Ghz of RAM.

Edited by benherrmann, Yesterday, 05:34 AM.

[benherrmann]

 

The Speccy report is at:

 

https://speccy.pirif...2leWG0rmqJk3q2H

 

The exact CPU model is: i5-14400F up to 4.7Ghz. Purchased from Costco the other day - perhaps it's a special model. I couldn't tell you what generation that CPU would be, perhaps you know?

The motherboard is:

Manufacturer: Asrock
Model: B760M-C
Chipset vendor: Intel
Chipset: Raptor Lake

To be honest, although I've been using PC's for a long while now (since the mid 90's), I still consider myself an amateur when it comes to the technical aspects of it all.

Alright, am I correct in assuming that it would be best just to have the memory modules in slots 1 and 3 (the way the PC was configured) - and just upgrade the RAM in those two slots. Or, could I insert four 32Gig RAM modules into the four slots to boost my RAM content?  I need as much RAM as possible because of heavy photographic work and the latest versions of Photoshop and other professional software just eats RAM big time.

 

I called Cyberpower the other day and talked to their technical support.  They were able to pull up my model PC right away and I was told that the Motherboard can handle up to 256 Ghz of RAM.

Edited by benherrmann, Yesterday, 05:34 AM.

[phillpower2]

I need as much RAM as possible because of heavy photographic work and the latest versions of Photoshop and other professional software just eats RAM big time.

 

 

I can and will answer your questions if you wish but if I may first just address you wanting to add more RAM, total waste of resources including the financial type, couple of reasons, the latest version of Photoshop is 26.7 and the recommended amount of RAM is 16GB, your original 32GB is more than enough and if you were to add any more it will sit there totally unused, second reason is the i5 CPU which is more of a gaming chip than a professional CPU such as the  i9 14900KS or i9-14900K.