[SOLVED] Need help with motherboard compatability

James_283

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I need to upgrade my cpu and motherboard. Looking to get a coffee lake i5 8400 and I wondered if there was a motherboard that is compatible with that (lga1151 socket) and ddr3 ram. Will also be looking to buy an nvidia gtx 1060 at some point.
I was looking at the msi z370 gaming plus motherboard, but does that support ddr3 ram?
My girlfriend bought me dd3 ram which fits my current motherboard (to be replaced) last year and I can't afford new ram as well for a while.
 
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DDR3, no. All boards that you will need to look at will be DDR4. B150/B250 chipsets will be the series of chipsets you will need to look for. I'd ask you to look at B250 for the sake of peace of mind.

No board after the 100 series chipset will support DDR3. Period.

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DDR3, no. All boards that you will need to look at will be DDR4. B150/B250 chipsets will be the series of chipsets you will need to look for. I'd ask you to look at B250 for the sake of peace of mind.

No board after the 100 series chipset will support DDR3. Period.
 
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