Can you use DDR3 Ram on Ryzen builds?

[Daniel SG1981]

Sorry this may sound like a stupid question, this is the first time I'm building a pc for my son I was wondering in a lot of the videos in ryzen builds I keep hearing Linus say DDR4 Ram. When I check best ram for price on YouTube it was recommending DDR3 as well, I was wondering can I get DDR3 Ram for it as it seems cheaper

[SMDSY]

No

[just tilt]

Depends on the motherboard as well as the CPU

[Technomancer__]

no you can

ryzen was build around ddr4 and support only ddr4

[Coaxialgamer]

Ryzen does not support ddr3 , and there hasn't been a CPU that supports it since the 4 year old 4790k

(before i get corrected by some smart*ss , yes the 7700k DID support DDR3L , but not technically ddr3 , compatible boards were rare and it wasn't really optimized for it ).

 

Unfortunately , you'll need to get ddr4 . Although i'm confused which videos recommended ddr3 , how old were they ?

[jeffmeyer5295]

3 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Unfortunately , you'll need to get ddr4 . Although i'm confused which videos recommended ddr3 , how old were they ?

Seems he just searched 'cheapest ram' on youtube or something to that effect.

 

As for the OP, I would never really push someone away from building their own PC, but it seems you need to do a good bit more research, stick to reputable CURRENT sources.

[PlayStation 2]

Simple answer: no.

[Daniel SG1981]

Thank you everyone