Themken: 16GB in one channel and 4GB in the other?!
Same type and layout (eg 4 dice on a single side and such). It might work with different sizes and layouts but I suspect that is on a minority of motherboards if at all. Everywhere they recommend same amount of RAM in each channel and same kind of memory,manufacturer and layout, even same model. Be warned they can make changes to a model without changing the model number becasue it has the same speed and cooling fin...
Yes, exactly.
I was looking at finding the exact same RAM in the same configuration (speed, model, ect.) except for capacity. Hmm. That sounds concerning.
ariaspi: You can. Are you thinking to pair a 16 GB stick with a 4 GB one? It would be even better 16GB + 8GB, but you won't have dual channel configuration when pairing different size sticks. And besides that, the risk of running into incompatibilities is not worth it, in my opinion.
First Ryzen generation is notorious for being very sensitive to memory configuration. The second generation and the 400 series motherboards are much improved in this regard (Ryzen APUs are 1st gen, AFAIK).
If you can test different memory sticks before buying them (like knowing someone in a shop), then you can give it a try and test the system with Memtest and similar programs.
Yes, exactly. Yes, also correct. Anything, really that gives me some extra memory. On the note of incompatibilities, you are probably right.
I have a 2400G APU. Ryzen 5 2400G to be exact paired with a B350 Asrock mini itx board. I would love to find out whether I'll run into any problems with that.
Knowing someone from a shop would be great but the shops I know, have limited hardware because they are salvage shops.
