Should I upgrade or leave it.

[russrn16]

Should I upgrade my motherboard that supports DDR4 or should I just stick with my DDR3L. I am using an Asus H110M-A-D3 that I got used (It was fairly new) and I was planning to get an Asus Strix B250F motherboard.

Current Specs:
Asus H110M-A-D3
Pentium G4560
Crucial DDR3L 1600mhz
No GPU yet.

Specs I want or will upgrade to:
Asus Strix B250F
I5 7600
GTX 1060 6GB
Corsair Vengeance LPX 4GB (x2)
Also a new case, since I am using an m-atx case. Probably would get NZXT.

 

[NoireMoose]

Go for it, though you need a power supply with that, which should be around 500 watts or less also 80 plus certified

 

[Lucky_SLS]

an overclockable gigabyte gaming 3 b350m mobo with ryzen 1600 is a better alternative than b250 and 7600.
go for 3000/3200 mhz rams for ryzen. doesnt matter if its 1x8gb. can even go for 2800mhz n overclock that to 2933

 

[russrn16]

I'm really not planning to overclock. I would just overclock the GPU. If I was going for Ryzen then I would have to sell my whole PC which is only worth €275. I'm pretty much gonna be under budget then since the Ryzen 5 1500x is basically €200.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ no u dont. in both the cases u r changing cpu/mobo/ram. isnt the 1500X and 7600 priced the same there? or r u not from USA?

 

[russrn16]

What i'm basically saying is should I upgrade to a new motherboard that has ddr4 or stick with my ddr3l motherboard. What I am trying to find out if DDR3L (or DDR3) is still good in the future.

 

[Insomniac Jack]

What i'm basically saying is should I upgrade to a new motherboard that has ddr4 or stick with my ddr3l motherboard. What I am trying to find out if DDR3L (or DDR3) is still good in the future.

No, DDR3 is on it's way out the door. Everything from Intel and AMD is moving up to DDR4 so in the future DDR3 will become much like DDR2...obsolete. DDR4 RAM will runs faster due to it's higher frequencies while also consuming less power(DDR3=1.5v while DDR4=1.2v). To answer the question though you should be able to use DDR3 as long as your computer still runs. There isn't any requirement for games/programs to have DDR3 vs DDR4 RAM.

 

[russrn16]

So if i'm just gonna play games. I don't have to worry about DDR4?

 

[Insomniac Jack]

So if i'm just gonna play games. I don't have to worry about DDR4?

That depends on which CPU and motherboard you will be going with. If your CPU and Mobo require DDR4 then yes you have to upgrade but if you stay on an older platform that uses DDR3 RAM you can reuse what you have.

 

[russrn16]

I will be upgrading to i5 7600 or an i7 7700 (if I can). My Asus H110M-A-D3 still supports kaby lake processors.

 

[Insomniac Jack]

I will be upgrading to i5 7600 or an i7 7700 (if I can). My Asus H110M-A-D3 still supports kaby lake processors.

If you're using this same motherboard then it will only accept DDR3 RAM. So there is no need to get DDR4 RAM as 1) the board doesn't support it and 2) it physically will not fit in a DDR3 RAM slot. The system will work fine but it will be slower than an equivalent system with DDR4 RAM.

 

[russrn16]

Oh ok, thanks for your help.

 

[adiec]

So if i'm just gonna play games. I don't have to worry about DDR4?

I will be upgrading to i5 7600 or an i7 7700 (if I can). My Asus H110M-A-D3 still supports kaby lake processors.

If you're using this same motherboard then it will only accept DDR3 RAM. So there is no need to get DDR4 RAM as 1) the board doesn't support it and 2) it physically will not fit in a DDR3 RAM slot. The system will work fine but it will be slower than an equivalent system with DDR4 RAM.

it also won't work with kaby lake cpus whilst using ddr3(1.5v) ram , only ddr3L (1.35v) using it with ddr3 will run the risk of shortening the life of the cpu dramatically and may also just kill the cpus memory controller .

https://ark.intel.com/products/97147/Intel-Core-i5-7400-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_50-GHz