Does h170 support DDR3 or DDR4

[YT2002]

Does h170 support DDR3 or DDR4

[Dinkleberg]

Does h170 support DDR3 or DDR4

H170 is meant to be cheaper than Z170 and made for lower budget CPUs, so H170 mobos will most probably have 240-pin slots and not 288-pin slots, as DDR3 costs less than DDR4.

[DarkSmith2]

H170 is meant to be cheaper than Z170 and made for lower budget CPUs, so H170 mobos will most probably have 240-pin slots and not 288-pin slots, as DDR3 costs less than DDR4.

doesnt make sense at all.

 

H170 will support DDR4 or DDR3L (mobile). Because thats what the CPU's will support for that socket.

In addition DDR4 is allready really near to DDR3 prices.

[Dinkleberg]

doesnt make sense at all.

H170 will support DDR4 or DDR3L (mobile). Because thats what the CPU's will support for that socket.

In addition DDR4 is allready really near to DDR3 prices.

It does actually, low-end Z170 have been shown having DDR3 slots and not DDR4 ones, and all H170 that have been shown have DDR3 slots. Oh, and DDR3L isn't mobile (SODIMM), they're regular 240-pin sticks that run at lower voltages, like the Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP.

[DarkSmith2]

It does actually, low-end Z170 have been shown having DDR3 slots and not DDR4 ones, and all H170 that have been shown have DDR3 slots. Oh, and DDR3L isn't mobile (SODIMM), they're regular 240-pin sticks that run at lower voltages, like the Crucial Ballistix LP.

There will be boards that support DDR3L and DDR4 (Biostar crap boards).

Officially only DDR3L memory with up to 1.35V voltage is supported. If you put regular DDR3 in that slot it will probably burn down. Haha

 

SO-DIMM wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO-DIMM

 

they are primarly made for small devices (mostly mobile)

[Dinkleberg]

There will be boards that support DDR3L and DDR4 (Biostar crap boards).

Officially only DDR3L memory with up to 1.35V voltage is supported. If you put regular DDR3 in that slot it will probably burn down. Haha

 

SO-DIMM wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO-DIMM

 

they are primarly made for small devices (mostly mobile)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226398

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148661

Both of those are 240-pin DDR3L sticks, not SODIMMs. It won't burn down or anything, if I remember correctly, Broadwell supports DDR3L and not DDR3 but Tom's Hardware in their review of the i5 5675C and the i7 5775C used regular DDR3 and nothing happened.

[bomerr]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226398

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148661

Both of those are 240-pin DDR3L sticks, not SODIMMs. It won't burn down or anything, if I remember correctly, Broadwell supports DDR3L and not DDR3 but Tom's Hardware in their review of the i5 5675C and the i7 5775C used regular DDR3 and nothing happened.

I want to point something out here.

 

Your premise of H170 = low-end, DDR3L = low-end, therefore H170 will use DDR3l is wrong.

 

First It's easier to find DDR4 than DDR3L so co. aren't going to put a hard find ram in their systems; you're grapsing at straws with 2 links and one of which is out of stock.

Second DDR4 has already reached a price parity with DDR3. For instance I pre-bought 16GB of DDR4 (2x8) 2133 for 100 bucks.

Third needing to go out and buy new ram defeats the purpose of saving cost as you cannot reuse old DDR3 ram. 

 

H170 will be DDR4 on the overwhelming majority of mobos. 

[DarkSmith2]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226398

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148661

Both of those are 240-pin DDR3L sticks, not SODIMMs. It won't burn down or anything, if I remember correctly, Broadwell supports DDR3L and not DDR3 but Tom's Hardware in their review of the i5 5675C and the i7 5775C used regular DDR3 and nothing happened.

ok ok, lets say it this way:

 

- DDR3 (1,5v-1,65v) is not supported and never will be on any 170 chipset Motherboard. 

- DDR3L (1,2v - 1,35v) will be supported and motherboards with slots for it will be released.

- Some DDR3 (1.5v-1.65v) might work even if its officially not supported.

[Dinkleberg]

I want to point something out here.

 

Your premise of H170 = low-end, DDR3L = low-end, therefore H170 will use DDR3l is wrong.

 

First It's easier to find DDR4 than DDR3L so co. aren't going to put a hard find ram in their systems; you're grapsing at straws with 2 links and one of which is out of stock.

Second DDR4 has already reached a price parity with DDR3. For instance I pre-bought 16GB of DDR4 (2x8) 2133 for 100 bucks.

Third needing to go out and buy new ram defeats the purpose of saving cost as you cannot reuse old DDR3 ram. 

 

H170 will be DDR4 on the overwhelming majority of mobos.

I'm talking based on the motherboards that have been shown, every single H170 and low-end Z170 board that was shown had 240-pin slots, not speculating.

[bomerr]

I'm talking based on the motherboards that have been shown, every single H170 and low-end Z170 board that was shown had 240-pin slots, not speculating.

http://www.hwupgrade.it/news/skmadri/schede-madri-per-cpu-skylake-ma-con-slot-pci-tradizionali_57543.html

 

Gigabyte B150 and H170 are DDR4

[Dinkleberg]

http://www.hwupgrade.it/news/skmadri/schede-madri-per-cpu-skylake-ma-con-slot-pci-tradizionali_57543.html

 

Gigabyte B150 and H170 are DDR4

I didn't see those, sorry.