Upgrading Ramp (bare with me i am new to this)

[lettyb]

I got my very first gaming pc ever and would like to upgrade 16gb to 32gb RAM. I would like to point out that it is prebuilt. Below are the specs and the pc itself.

Intel i7-12700KF - 16GB DDR4 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 1TB NVMe SSD

Link: iBUYPOWER TraceMR Gaming Desktop Intel i7-12700KF 16GB DDR4 Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 1TB NVMe SSD Black TraceMR2040 - Best Buy

It looks like upgrading your ram is a matter of just buying more ram sticks? I currently have two in my pc right now (the 16gb).
My first question is when i buy 32gb do i have to remove the sticks in now and replace or can i keep them all in?
My second question is should i stay with the same brand of the ram sticks that came with the pc? (it looks like its called t-force)
My third is am i able to just switch to 32gb? How can i tell my pc can handle this?

I already know these questions are so dumb but I need help bad and have no one to help me other than the internet.

PS: would the below link be appropriate to buy? These cards look just like the one i have in now but idk how to make sure they are exactly the same so nothing goes wrong

32gb: https://www.newegg.com/team-32gb-288...quicklink=true

please any help aprpecited

[veeg]

Hello

You can with the same brand if the ram works like you want it to.. According to the mobo spec’s, the ram is expandable to 128 gigs.

[phillpower2]

Usage wise there is zero need for you to upgrade to 32GB of RAM as you will not even utilise the 16GB that you have now, performance wise, iBuyPower cheaped out and used 3000MHz RAM when 3200MHz would have gotten the best performance from your CPU.

[phillpower2]

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