u/Frequent_Repeat_1634

I bought a used pair of 16gb hyper X sticks and now im wondering...
XMP timing is not the same as https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/HX432C16FB3_16.pdf

• should be CL 16-18-18 yet shows 18-21-21;

• Thermal pad sticking out of one of them

• Package shows a slightly different model name.

Both sticks show the same serial number on CPU-Z
Sticks were made in 2025-08 and seller claims he doesn't know their origin, claims he bought them from someone else. I think it was from aliexpress.

Manually changing the timings crashes my computer which runs fine with a 8x2 CL 16-18-18