[SOLVED] Ddr3 or ddr4

[Yano 25]

Hi i got a Ga B150M-D3H ddr3 mortherboard with 8 gb ddr3l 1600mhz i was thinking should i sell my board and by a asrock b250m-hdv which supports ddr 4 but only got 2 ram channels where my ddr3 board got 4 ram channels so should i just get me another 8gb ddr3l 1600mhz or should i upgrade my board and this is my specs

Ga B150M-D3H ddr3
I 5 6500 3.2ghz
8gb corsair ddr3l 1600mhz
120gb hdd wd blue windows 10
500gb hdd wd blue
Msi gaming x Gtx960 4gb
Antec Vp 500watt psu

 

[COLGeek]

Actually, your current motherboard may have 4 memory slots, but still only 2 channels.

Be careful if you decide to mix/match memory models. This can produce undesirable results.

 

[Yano 25]

I know but all i wanna know should i sell my board and buy a asrock b250m-hdv or should a by another ddr3l ram stick what is the same as mine

 

[COLGeek]

Assuming you plan to use your current CPU, the newer motherboard will be marginally faster that the DDR3 based motherboard. In my opinion, the small gain in performance is not worth the relative expense.

I would recommend you save your money to upgrade the CPU, motherboard, and memory at the same time.

 

[geofelt]

Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, can be very sensitive to this.

If you simply buy a second similar ram stick, there is a chance that it might not work properly.
DDR3 and intel are quite tolerant of disparate ram perhaps 90%

What is your plan "B" if the new stick/s do not work?

Or, you can Buy a 2 x 8gb ddr3 ram kit and be done with it.

It is almost certain that it would cost you more to buy both a new motherboard as well as ddr4 ram for it.