Motherboard for 9th Gen Intel with DDR3

s6545 · 8 Jul 2019 at 23:59

I'm looking for a cheap upgrade and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a DDR3 motherboard for Coffee Lake / Kaby Lake CPUs. I'm looking for a cheap way to upgrade, as I have DDR3 RAM already. I haven't yet looked at how much this would hurt performance.

Please don't hate me for my cheapness

Also, fairly sure the performance won't be that bad, as there are older Intel CPUs that still work quite well with DDR3.

s6545 · 9 Jul 2019 at 00:01

tamzzy said:
no such thing.

It exists (Intel 9th gen):

https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/H310M-DS2V-DDR3-rev-10#support-dl-driver

Sort of. Can't find any available in the UK.

s6545 · 9 Jul 2019 at 00:07

tamzzy said:
basically can only run an i3k or a locked i5 on that board with trash un-heatsinked vrms lol

It supports the Core i9-9900K.

It's a bit academic really as I can't find one to buy. Don't think Intel wants people to buy old tech particularly.

s6545 · 9 Jul 2019 at 03:45

I found a motherboard that supports 9th generation Intel CPUs, that requires DDR3L RAM. Is there any chance it will work with ordinary DDR3?

Here it is:
https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=932

If not, perhaps I'll be able to borrow someone elses.

s6545 · 9 Jul 2019 at 05:21

Sin_Chase said:
I think perhaps you should post in an appropriate Intel thread or start a new one as you're somewhat off topic now.

For the record - You're insane trying to find a board just to put a 9 series in and keep your RAM.

Maybe a bit. But not as insane as Intel's prices at the moment. It's tempting just to upgrade my graphics card if/ when AMD releases new Navi cards, rather than worrying about CPU bottlenecks.

Also, sorry for making people read lol.

s6545 · 10 Jul 2019 at 02:14

I found a review comparing DDR3L vs DDR4 on Gen. 6 Intel CPUs:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation/16

In the games they tested, the performance is around 1-2 FPS different (with a high end GPU). I wonder if this is because DDR3 has a slightly lower latency than DDR4?