Motherboard ddr2/ddr3

ben_k · 18 May 2008 at 13:25

Building a pc soon and im wondering....are there any motherboards out that support both ddr2 and ddr3 on 1 board.

Id like to use ddr2 until the cas latency on the ddr3s go down without having to change the board.

any ideas ?

Cob · 18 May 2008 at 13:35

There's few atm -

ASUS P5KC Combo
Gigabyte P35C DS3R
MSI Neo P35 Combo
MSI P35 Platinum Combo

And then some of the new P45 based boards due in the next 2-3 weeks will have it too.

Munky1080 · 18 May 2008 at 13:51

Asrock make 3 P35 boards which support both - like the one in my sig. Also they make an X48 board with both DDR/3 as well.

ben_k · 18 May 2008 at 16:49

I noticed all these boards are ati supported, is there a chance u can use sli rather than crossfire or will it not work...sorry i dont know much about this bit.

i will be using nvidia n hopefully the new chips when they come out

Cob · 18 May 2008 at 16:55

AFAIK there aren't any DDR2/DDR3 nVidia SLi boards. nVidia boards are either DDR2 or DDR3, and not both.

You can ofcourse run a single nVidia card on a Crossfire motherboard, but not two.