My RAM sticks colors are mismatched

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  1. Evronius

    Evronius Member

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    Long story short. I had a pair of my 32GB kit replaced due to faulty sticks. I got a new one with the same revision and numbers as the old one's and, and the other kit thats already installed (i have 2 kit of RAM on 32GB each. But the new stick does not match the old one in colors and shade in almost every colors. Also The new ones are brighter. Only pure red and green matches on all 4.
    Is this due to that the old ones has been in use for about a year, or is it something else?

    The memory is HyperX Fury DDR4 RGB 3200MHz.
     
  2. Freeman

    Freeman Master Guru

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    First world problems.

    If it dont match in colours, I assume they are different. Maybe someone changed RGB supplier, manufacturer over time, but it still met specification ... because there is no specification.
     
  3. Evronius

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    Yes, i agree with that. But i see my PC every time i use it. So it bugs me when the colors are missmatched.
     
  4. tsunami231

    tsunami231 Ancient Guru

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    if OCD about non matching color on ram stick bother you that much go by a new match color set. personal this none issue, seeing i dont beleive in pc cases you can see in to cause they have "transparent" glass side. nor do i like the RGB fad on them and everyone thing else in the case, I can understand them on keyboards cause they can help you see keys at night but that is it.
     

  5. Freeman

    Freeman Master Guru

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    Hard to imagine you will lose much when selling them.
    Put them up for a +10% price.
     
  6. Evronius

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    I know i have the option to sell them and by new ones. But that doesn't answer my question. I want to know if RGB is prone to degrade on colors, shade and brightness.
     
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    Truder Ancient Guru

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    It is possible, it could also be the plastic light diffuser that has discoloured over time too, or it could be LEDs from a different manufacturer etc
     
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    tsunami231 Ancient Guru

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    led not it gneral sould same across manufactures so long as there use the same "exact" colors not so much the plastic the encases the led with age plastic color change, and it could complete difrent type of plastic used cause not all plastic is the same manufacture process
     
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