Is DDR3 dead?

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This may indeed be old news but I have recently sent off some Corsair 1866MHz 2x8GB modules off for RMA and they want to replace it with 1600MHz stuff. Unfortunately for me upgrading to DDR4 means new board, means new CPU. I would like to avoid that if possible but still retain my origin spec RAM speed.

A quick online shop check seems most places do not stock anything above 1600MHz any more.

I guess the DDR3 ship has left for good?
 
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DDR4 became standard years ago, so it's natural that DDR3's production has been cut down to only standard level parts.
 
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Looks like they are offering a warranty refund, so will find out how much that is.

I still have 2x8GB in the PC working so will hold out until a full system upgrade.
 
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I just bought 16GB of DDR3 1866mhz CL10 @1.2vlts, which easily overclocked up to 2133Mhz 1.25vlts

Thesedays 16GB of slightly slower RAM is better than 8GB of 2400Mhz....and 2133 vs 2400 there really is no perceptible difference to frame rates.
 
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I just bought 16GB of DDR3 1866mhz CL10 @1.2vlts, which easily overclocked up to 2133Mhz 1.25vlts

Thesedays 16GB of slightly slower RAM is better than 8GB of 2400Mhz....and 2133 vs 2400 there really is no perceptible difference to frame rates.

I may give that a go. Having recently resolved a crashing issue, I re-overclocked my CPU, so I might push the RAM up a bit too
 
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