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Q&A: Why is one of my PC’s RAM sticks running faster than the other one?

Posted on May 26, 2021

Question from Calvin:  I have two 8GB DDR4 RAM sticks in my computer. They are identical to one another in every way (I bought them a while back as a 16GB kit).

When I log into the BIOS it says one stick is running at 2400Mhz and the other one is running at 2133Mhz.

I’ve always heard that all the RAM sticks in a PC should operate at the same speed or your system might crash.

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