R ryan135525784468 Sep 14, 2018 9 0 10 Jan 29, 2019 #1 I have 8gb ddr4 ram installed on my motherboard right now but i want to upgrade to either 16 or 32 gb of ddr3 memory. Ive heard ddr3 dosent work on ddr4 motherboards. My motherboard is a msi b250 pro vd
I have 8gb ddr4 ram installed on my motherboard right now but i want to upgrade to either 16 or 32 gb of ddr3 memory. Ive heard ddr3 dosent work on ddr4 motherboards. My motherboard is a msi b250 pro vd
clutchc Titan Ambassador Apr 22, 2009 43,153 409 131,790 Jan 29, 2019 #2 No, you can't use DDR3 on a board that has DDR4 memory slots only. They won't fit and won't work. Upvote 0 Downvote
nukefluffy01 Reputable Sep 22, 2018 80 2 4,665 Jan 29, 2019 #3 No, this is because DDR4 uses 288 pins and DDR3 uses 240 so it will not work. Upvote 0 Downvote