DDR4 into DDR3 MB?

jaws104 · 8 Jan 2019 at 09:46

Hey,

My PC still has it's original 8GB DDR3 memory from 2011, reckon finally time to bump up to 16GB!

Board is Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z69 (Socket 1155) DDR3

I've no clue about RAM, can you use DDR4 on DDR3 motherboards?

Can someone recommend something to suit?

jaws104 · 8 Jan 2019 at 10:59

Ok i have Kingston HyperX Genesis (2x4GB)

Its 12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

I could put in another 2 sticks of this?.....

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...al-channel-kit-cml8gx3m2a1600c-my-307-cs.html

jaws104 · 8 Jan 2019 at 11:54

That's C11, mine is C9, do they not need to be the same?

jaws104 · 27 Feb 2019 at 19:21

pastymuncher said:
There are other retailers. If you hunt around a bit (it took me about 2 minutes) you can find a 16Gb (2x 8Gb) kit of that memory for just £3 extra. Find that and buy it and sell your current kit. It also rules out any issues of running 4x sticks. There is no way in hell I would pay that much for 8Gb of DDR3.

I ended up getting to two 8gb sticks of this. MB is so old it wouldn't recognise them, guess 8gb sticks weren't around back then! Anyway bios update sorted it