ddr3 and ddr4 on the same board

[northern84]

just came across this that has been previewed at computex, getting ready for the new skylake cpu's, a mobo that has both ddr3 and ddr4 http://www.hitechreview.com/it-products/pc/biostar-demonstrates-lga-1151-board-ddr3-ddr4-memory-slots/50973/

[Guest]

Read this before posting in this section: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

[DXMember]

simultaniously or as soon as you plug in one ddr gen the other slots get disabled?

[northern84]

Read this before posting in this section: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

and what rules did I break?

[northern84]

simultaniously or as soon as you plug in one ddr gen the other slots get disabled?

im not sure to be honest, im assuming it works together or what would be the point, you make one with just ddr4

[Syfes]

We've knows for months that the next gen of motherboards were likely to support both... How is this news? Oh and it's DDR3L btw, the article fails to mention this.

[Syfes]

im not sure to be honest, im assuming it works together or what would be the point, you make one with just ddr4

If it's anything like we've seen in the past, you will not be able to combine the two. You'll probably have to stick with either DDR4 or DDR3L

[Darkman]

and what rules did I break?

If you read it, you'd know.

 

And if enough cpus support both, it won't surprise me if someone makes a motherboard with support for both ddr3 and ddr4, but unable to run them together. Asus did it with some LGA 775 boards with DDR2 and DDR3.

[WereCat]

If you read it, you'd know.

And if enough cpus support both, it won't surprise me if someone makes a motherboard with support for both ddr3 and ddr4, but unable to run them together. Asus did it with some LGA 775 boards with DDR2 and DDR3.

I also had AM2+ Asrock board that supported both DDR2 and 3

[Speedbird]

This has been done before. There are G41 boards that supported both DDR2 and DDR3. This is to be expected with a change like this.

[Guest]

and what rules did I break?

Since you aren't bothered to read the link I gave which directed to the guidelines about posting in this section, allow me to quote:

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Posting just a link and expecting people to go read it is not what this section of the forum is all about. Go look at other threads to learn more about the effort that some of the other guys give in making news posts.

 

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[Bloodyvalley]

how do they do that? doesn't the processor only support DDR4? It's not merely a question of pin placement

[Techhog]

how do they do that? doesn't the processor only support DDR4? It's not merely a question of pin placement

Skylake supports both, but not at the same time. Some DDR3-only boards have already been announced iirc.

[NinjaTitan]

 

 

I figured people might actually like to see said board...

 

IMHO this is a little stupid. Say you go LGA 1151 but can't afford DDR4, which is fine, but you're limited to two DDR3 sticks (once again, might be fine) BUT once you finally get cheap DDR4, you can only ever have two sticks, which may or may not be a deal breaker. So you might end ups pending more on a new board with 4 lots anyways. 

 

IMHO, just go whole hog on DDR4. 

[Dabombinable]

SDRAM and DDR1 on the same board, DDR1 and DDR2 on the same board etc, this isn't really news at all as there are always motherboards designed to help people make a transition to a new platform.

[bcredeur97]

This isn't worth it because you can't use them at the same time. It limits your max amount of memory. It will become an issue as we start to use more and more memory every day.

[The Gaige]

So only 2 sticks of ram at a time OK, so 8 or 16gb of ram at a time, no thanks!

[Voldy21]

So only 2 sticks of ram at a time OK, so 8 or 16gb of ram at a time, no thanks!

That's for DDR3. The article states that you can have a maximum of 32 gigs of DDR4 memory