Ddr3 and Ddr4 for gaming.

[Marika_1]

Im building a new pc and everything is done except the type of ddr ram which affect the cpu and mobo i picked. From what i understand, ddr4 is faster than ddr3. Which is higher fps i suppose.

So what i guess is, ddr3 will not be able to play witcher 3, overwatch and the new upcoming 2018 aaa games because of lagging right?

Im building this pc so that i can play those games without lagging...i dont want because of this one small mistake then i need to pay extra cost for new mobo and cpu lol

 

[Supahos]

The ram isn't the holdup. The hardware that supports ddr3 is. Don't buy older tech if you're able to buy the latest.

 

[Dunlop0078]

A good haswell system for example with ddr3 would be more than enough to play the witcher 3 and likely future titles, ram will not impact gaming performance much assuming you have enough of it, the gpu and cpu are far more important. If I was buying a pc today I would use a platform that supports ddr4 ram, but that does not mean an older ddr3 system is incapable of playing the latest games. What are your current specs?

 

[Marika_1]

A good haswell system for example with ddr3 would be more than enough to play the witcher 3 and likely future titles, ram will not impact gaming performance much assuming you have enough of it, the gpu and cpu are far more important. If I was buying a pc today I would use a platform that supports ddr4 ram, but that does not mean an older ddr3 system is incapable of playing the latest games. What are your current specs?

Gtx 1050ti and im hoping to go with i5 4670k but then i found out its ddr3. So i wonder if i should get the i5 6600k which is ddr4 but it costs more. And i will get a 8gb ram, 16gb is out of my budget.

 

[DRagor]

Note that it is the motherboard that limits your RAM choices - any motherboard will support only one type of RAM, either DDR3 or DDR4, but not both.

 

[Marika_1]

Note that it is the motherboard that limits your RAM choices - any motherboard will support only one type of RAM, either DDR3 or DDR4, but not both.

Yea and thats why i need to choose a proper ram first before i choose my mobo.
Sorry for the wrong "pick solution". I wanted to quote you but i clicked wrong.

 

[DRagor]

There is one good reason to make a build using newer ram type (DDR4): if for some reason you need to change your setup in about 2-3 years (because for example your motherboard fails), it will be much easier to reuse DDR4, as future platforms will use it too (we already know SkyLake-X and KabyLake-X will use DDR4). Not so with DDR3 - there will be no new platforms using it.

 

[Marika_1]

There is one good reason to make a build using newer ram type (DDR4): if for some reason you need to change your setup in about 2-3 years (because for example your motherboard fails), it will be much easier to reuse DDR4, as future platforms will use it too (we already know SkyLake-X and KabyLake-X will use DDR4). Not so with DDR3 - there will be no new platforms using it.

Lol i never consider a future upgrade. Then i will go with ddr4 then thx

 

[Corwin65]

There is one good reason to make a build using newer ram type (DDR4): if for some reason you need to change your setup in about 2-3 years (because for example your motherboard fails), it will be much easier to reuse DDR4, as future platforms will use it too (we already know SkyLake-X and KabyLake-X will use DDR4). Not so with DDR3 - there will be no new platforms using it.

Lol i never consider a future upgrade. Then i will go with ddr4 then thx

Good choice.

RAM type should never be the determining factor in your build.

 

[COLGeek]

Pick the CPU and motherboard first, then select the best RAM for the combo.