Opinions on DDR2/DDR3 mobos?

Gogl · 18 May 2008 at 03:49

Hey there, I've been waiting to upgrade for so long that I figured I could wait to see what these new GPUs bring, even if it's just a drop in the price of existing hardware.

As I plan to keep my next build for a while, I had said I'd prefer to go for a DDR3 over a DDR2 mobo, and just make do with a couple of cheap DDR3 sticks until the price drops. But having seen something like the MSI X48C Platinum, I thought that this would be ideal.

Anyone got any thoughts on combined DDR2/DDR3 mobos? Are there any downsides to using these dual RAM mobos?

Planned components change all the time, so heaven know what I'll be looking at come next month, but if anyone was curious the chip I have my eye on at the mo is the X3350, not just for gaming. And I do hope to overclock.

Cheers.

Gogl · 18 May 2008 at 15:24

Thank guys, I couldn't agree more about the RAM slots, though that particular board's specs state:

- Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 SDRAM, 8GB Max
- Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 667/800 SDRAM, 4GB Max

That's right isn't it?

I'm assuming BUFF that the lack of performance you speak of means that they often don't overclock as well?

So if you do end up overclocking yours UTmaniac, be sure to let us know how you get on with it. It's still probably top of my list, but if it's OCing potential sucks I'll keep looking.

Thanks again chaps.

Gogl · 19 May 2008 at 09:58

Thanks JimAroo, I'll bare that in mind, while I don't want to have to fork out more money for a new mobo in six months time to enable me to switch to DDR3, I certainly don't want to have one go up in smoke. I'll keep an eye out for reliability issues.

Gogl · 20 May 2008 at 08:02

marscay said:
combo boards suck .....to put it bluntly.

Lol, that is blunt, but I don't mind people getting straight to the point. Is there any technical reason why combo boards tend to suck, or does it just seem to turn out that way?

Gogl · 20 May 2008 at 09:44

I don't mind it going a bit off-topic, but I'm afraid I have no idea what you're on about. :confused:

Gogl · 20 May 2008 at 10:10

That's very good to hear about the stability/performance Huddy. I have to say though, I've no idea why one would affect the other (intel RAID controller/memory).

This is because I'm clueless as opposed to having reason to doubt it.

Btw, that sig made me laugh!

Gogl · 20 May 2008 at 11:46

Of course, now I see what you meant. Thanks for that.