skylake DDR3-Skylake Compatibility

[K3ta_K3rm1t]

Hi I have 2 sticks of 8gb RAM DDR3 Hyper x fury 1866mhz and I would like to know if they're compatible with skylake processors. If yes, can you list some motherboards that would fit?

Thanks in advance

[Stardar1]

3 minutes ago, G3rard_Bay said:

Hi I have 2 sticks of 8gb RAM DDR3 Hyper x fury 1866mhz and I would like to know if they're compatible with skylake processors. If yes, can you list some motherboards that would fit?

Thanks in advance

They are indeed, and it all depends on the specific motherboard. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z170pd3

[2FA]

They have to run at 1.35V to be compatible with Skylake.

[Kurtis444]

 

 

Check out this video that linus did on NCIX Tech Tips

[Naeaes]

Skylake does not support DDR3. DDR3L (which Skylake does support) is not the same thing as DDR3. With that said, some motherboards have a proprietary support for DDR3 specifically. But it's about the motherboard, not the processor. Skylake does not support DDR3.

[K3ta_K3rm1t]

5 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

They have to run at 1.35V to be compatible with Skylake.

Yeah I know, but I was wondering if my RAM can work on lower voltages

[K3ta_K3rm1t]

16 minutes ago, Kurtis444 said:

 

 

Check out this video that linus did on NCIX Tech Tips

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can you give an advice on this?

 

Edited February 3, 2016 by G3rard_Bay

[Imakuni]

25 minutes ago, G3rard_Bay said:

Hi I have 2 sticks of 8gb RAM DDR3 Hyper x fury 1866mhz and I would like to know if they're compatible with skylake processors. If yes, can you list some motherboards that would fit?

Thanks in advance

More important than that: why do you even want to get Skylake if you are going to use DDR3? Serioulsy, only about 1/100 cases make sense (though I'd still not say it would be worth it) to get Skylake and still run DDR3.

[Kurtis444]

8 minutes ago, G3rard_Bay said:

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can you give an advice on this?

 

 

I don't think you will be able to use your ram with skylake, you'll have to get a set of ddr3l if you want to stick with ddr3. The skylake motherboards that have ddr3l support are very basic and do not have many features so I would suggest getting some ddr4 ram. 

[Darkseth]

Buy DDR4.

Skylake with DDR3 is retarded, and useless. One of the Pros of the platform is gone.

 

If you buy DDR4 NOW, and sell your old DDR3, or if you do the exact same in 5 years on your next upgrade, doesnt matter. Does it?

 

So just do it now.