I currently have an 8gb ddr4 3200mhz stick of ram in my pc. If I were to pop another 8gb ddr4 but 2400mhz in there, would doubling up on gb outweigh performance lost from the speed going down to 2400mhz?

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    4 hours ago

    Ya the guy at the shop selling me the 8gb 2400mhz was saying these same sticks sold for almost half the price in september. I can’t find any 8gb 3200mhz ddr4 less than $100 in town

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      4 hours ago

      They’re $20-35 per stick (8GB 3200mt/s) on eBay right now. looks like people are already raising the prices on the used market too, but not everyone has yet.

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          3 hours ago

          Oh no. I misread the OP; you’ve already bought it haven’t you?

          Maybe it’s returnable?

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              3 hours ago

              And hey, at least that’ll give you an idea if you’re using more than 16GB. If so you’ll know where to get 32GB cheaper.

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                14 minutes ago

                So plot twist. I should have been more vigilant when buying from an independent store but after I booted up, I noticed I had 12 gb of installed RAM rather than 16. I powered off, took both RAMs out and popped the “new” one into the slot that I knew worked prior. It showed up as 4gb. I powered off, looked at the stick and sure enough, the guy sold me a 4gb stick and the 8gb sticker was on top of the packaging so I didn’t notice when I bought it. Now I’m expecting this guy to accuse me of replacing the product and trying to scam them when I return it…smdh…