DDR3 1.5v compatible Z170 boards (pref. SFF)

[Horse_in_Pita_Bread]

Hello,

I have 4x8gb=32gb of 1866mhz 1.5V CL 9 DDR3 RAM in my z87 system.

 

I would like my new system to be a SFF (will have to be micro-ATX to utilise 4 DIMM otherwise I would have gone for mini-ITX) z170 skylake system, and I would like to use the RAM I already have.

Can someone recommend a z170 board that is verifired to work with them?

 

When I asked ASUS tech support, they lazily refered me to their official QVL, and said none of their new boards supports DDR3, which sounds a bit strange, because in theory z170 should work with DDR3 or the very least DDR3L.

 

Can someone confirm their z170 board works with DDR3 1.5v?

In case I buy a new board and test it, can I cause any damage to the any of the components, or will it just not post?

The board and CPU will still have warranty, but the other components clearly won't.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[TheKDub]

Yes z170 can support ddr3, I just doubt there are any boards that support it currently, try giving it a few weeks/months.

[Commander_Z]

Hello,

I have 4x8gb=32gb of 1866mhz 1.5V CL 9 DDR3 RAM in my z87 system.

 

I would like my new system to be a SFF (will have to be micro-ATX to utilise 4 DIMM otherwise I would have gone for mini-ITX) z170 skylake system, and I would like to use the RAM I already have.

Can someone recommend a z170 board that is verifired to work with them?

 

When I asked ASUS tech support, they lazily refered me to their official QVL, and said none of their new boards supports DDR3, which sounds a bit strange, because in theory z170 should work with DDR3 or the very least DDR3L.

 

Can someone confirm their z170 board works with DDR3 1.5v?

In case I buy a new board and test it, can I cause any damage to the any of the components, or will it just not post?

The board and CPU will still have warranty, but the other components clearly won't.

 

Thanks in advance.

Z170 is DDR4 in consumer grade boards

 

No DDR3, not for while at least if they do

 

why is it strange??

 

DDR3 and DDR4 have different memory slots anyway, so they're not interchangeable

[Bob Jim]

Yes z170 can support ddr3, I just doubt there are any boards that support it currently, try giving it a few weeks/months.

Z170 is DDR4 in consumer grade boards

 

No DDR3, not for while at least if they do

 

why is it strange??

 

DDR3 and DDR4 have different memory slots anyway, so they're not interchangeable

Wrong and wrong. ASUS Micro ATX 4 DIMM Slot DDR3 Motherboard:

https://www.asus.com/motherboards/z170m-e-d3/

@Horse_in_Pita_Bread

[Br3tt96]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132572

[Horse_in_Pita_Bread]

Wrong and wrong. ASUS Micro ATX 4 DIMM Slot DDR3 Motherboard:

https://www.asus.com/motherboards/z170m-e-d3/

@Horse_in_Pita_Bread

 

@Bob Jim

Many thanks!

Will wait to see if there are more options, then mark as solved, looks like a solid motherboard.

[Horse_in_Pita_Bread]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132572

 

Thanks!

 

I finally saw that PC partpicker updated their databases, until couple of days ago when I limited the search for z170 DDR3 motherboards the list came up empty.

[TheKDub]

Wrong and wrong. ASUS Micro ATX 4 DIMM Slot DDR3 Motherboard:

https://www.asus.com/motherboards/z170m-e-d3/

@Horse_in_Pita_Bread

 

I'm not wrong, I didn't say that there were no boards that support it, I just said that I doubt there were any.

[Bob Jim]

@Bob Jim

Many thanks!

Will wait to see if there are more options, then mark as solved, looks like a solid motherboard.

Just went through all 4 motherboard manufacturers websites, these are the other DDR3 boards I found:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170%20Pro4D3/?cat=Specifications (ATX not Micro ATX)

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5488#ov (ATX not Micro ATX)

MSI do not do one with DDR3, and ASUS is the only one with a Micro ATX variant.

[Bob Jim]

I'm not wrong, I didn't say that there were no boards that support it, I just said that I doubt there were any.