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Hi all, ive been looking around for a LGA1155 Mobo that supports DDR2 memory and ive not been successful, ive seen a few threads on various websites that dictate the opposite of eachother but no actual links to the mobos they're claiming! great.
In essence, does anyone know of an LGA1155 Socket motherboard that supports DDR2 memory? having just spent £150 on 2x 4gb sticks i dont particulary want to shell out the £70 for the DDR3 counterparts (alot damn cheaper though, go computer industry! >.<)
Its a shame if they dont but i guess it cant be helped, will be a bit pissed off though. Just upgraded my GFX to a 560 ti and realised my CPU is holding my computer back greatly now, having to shell out £350 for a mobo / cpu is a large enough amount of cash for me, let alone another £70
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LGA 1155 is a modern Intel socket, and all modern sockets only support DDR3. (afaik)
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Edit - Yep, was indeed a typo. Didn't see it fast enough to correct it and got warned. :/
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On July 02 2011 19:50 Nate.F wrote:
LGA 1155 is a modern Intel socket, and all modern sockets only support DDR2. (afaik)
I hope this is a typo... The memory controllers are part of the processor and Intel ones only support DDR3.
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Right ok, thanks for confirming, bit of a bugger but it cant be helped -_-
Comp plays SC2 on high fine anyway, this is just an upgrade so i wont have to bother for another couple years untill it gets super outdated haha.
Anyone want to buy some 4gb DDR2? lol.
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Don't know why you'd want to shell out the money for an 1155 mobo and sandy bridge CPU and then turn around and hurt performance with DDR2 just to save a small amount of money anyway.
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Why did you buy DDR2 RAM?
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It's not possible with the new Core generation processors. Theyre simply to new.
Within 2014 DDR4 will be the new standard, therefore they need to slowly but surely get rid of DDR2 at first.
SOURCE:http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/14164-overgangen-till-ddr4-sdram-inleds-2014
Christoffer~
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Return the DDR2 sticks.
They're more expensive thant hte DDR3 sticks anyway. YOu'll be saving money by doing so.
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On July 02 2011 19:20 Capped wrote:
Hi all, ive been looking around for a LGA1155 Mobo that supports DDR2 memory and ive not been successful, ive seen a few threads on various websites that dictate the opposite of eachother but no actual links to the mobos they're claiming! great.
In essence, does anyone know of an LGA1155 Socket motherboard that supports DDR2 memory? having just spent £150 on 2x 4gb sticks i dont particulary want to shell out the £70 for the DDR3 counterparts (alot damn cheaper though, go computer industry! >.<)
Its a shame if they dont but i guess it cant be helped, will be a bit pissed off though. Just upgraded my GFX to a 560 ti and realised my CPU is holding my computer back greatly now, having to shell out £350 for a mobo / cpu is a large enough amount of cash for me, let alone another £70
I have the same problem.
I wanted to upgrade my RAM, mobo and processor, but my new cpu requires a new mobo and the new mobo requires DDR3 RAM, so looks like it has to be an all-at-once sort of thing.
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On July 03 2011 03:24 Stropheum wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2011 19:20 Capped wrote:
Hi all, ive been looking around for a LGA1155 Mobo that supports DDR2 memory and ive not been successful, ive seen a few threads on various websites that dictate the opposite of eachother but no actual links to the mobos they're claiming! great.
In essence, does anyone know of an LGA1155 Socket motherboard that supports DDR2 memory? having just spent £150 on 2x 4gb sticks i dont particulary want to shell out the £70 for the DDR3 counterparts (alot damn cheaper though, go computer industry! >.<)
Its a shame if they dont but i guess it cant be helped, will be a bit pissed off though. Just upgraded my GFX to a 560 ti and realised my CPU is holding my computer back greatly now, having to shell out £350 for a mobo / cpu is a large enough amount of cash for me, let alone another £70 I have the same problem. I wanted to upgrade my RAM, mobo and processor, but my new cpu requires a new mobo and the new mobo requires DDR3 RAM, so looks like it has to be an all-at-once sort of thing.
It is. The IMC can't do DDR2, and I can't imagine any reason you'd want the slow ass memory holding you back anyways.
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Bought the memory for my current mobo, which i got in a bundle with the stupid CPU, i mean it does the job, but its nothing powerful (AMD phenom 2.1ghz quad core) so theres no hope of returning them as they've already been used for 3+ months. (Im considering upgrading because cpu holds me back major scale.)
I hardly doubt DDR2 compared to DDR3 would hold me back in the "slow ass" way you refer to jingle, upgrading from ddr1 to ddr2 did fuck all if im honest.
Thanks for the info anyhow everyone, i'll have to save up £450 or so for all 3 at once, hopefully my fiancee wont be too tight with our marriage saving eh XD
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/2232/7
Depending on the rest of the system, that number of frames difference can be very noticeable.
For other tasks, like video encoding and archiving, you'll also notice a difference. Those are both at least reasonably common for gamers to do.
It will have a noticeable difference, which means the slow ass RAM would hold you back. But I'm not sure you actually understand English well enough to understand what I meant, by the way you responded.
Fact: It would hurt your performance, in a way that could be noticeable under some circumstances. In other words, take your "joker" comment and shove it up your ass. If you know better than people here already, why ask?
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Even if the modern Intel boards did support DDR2 you would want to invest in the extra $40 for DDR3 memory to be honest.
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On July 03 2011 06:46 JingleHell wrote:
Fact: It would hurt your performance, in a way that could be noticeable under some circumstances. In other words, take your "joker" comment and shove it up your ass. If you know better than people here already, why ask?
Jessssuus, i misread your name im sorry for that! i did NOT mean to call you a joker, i merely recalled your name in my head without checking and got it wrong, i apologise.
I was not saying that DDR3 held no improvement, why the hell would it be created then. I was just saying sure it would hold "some" improvement, but not a vast one like upgrading from a 2.1 AMD phenom quad core to an intel i7 3.6 would. This is a thread about me not being forced to buy the DDR3 straight off the mark, so eventually i would have upgraded, £70 buys you quite a few drinks down the pub!
Sorry again for misreading your name, will edit the post >.<
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Realistically, if you can reuse DDR2 you should just do it. The performance difference is minuscule.
Everyone shifted to DDR3 because there is a 30%, or something huge, power reduction compared to DDR2.
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On July 03 2011 20:27 Womwomwom wrote:
Realistically, if you can reuse DDR2 you should just do it. The performance difference is minuscule.
Everyone shifted to DDR3 because there is a 30%, or something huge, power reduction compared to DDR2.
Eh, I'd say the performance difference is significant enough that with how cheap DDR3 is, it's worth it, personally. Obviously, it's moot since it isn't an option, but between several percent potential difference gaming, and on common gamer tasks like archiving and encoding, where the clock can come out to play over the way tighter timings, it gets worth it pretty quick IMO.
And @OP: If you want to save money on RAM, just start at 4GB DDR3, wait a paycheck, and buy another 4GB. The differences aren't the sort of thing you'll necesarily notice when you upgrade, since you're expecting things to be faster in general then, unless you either benchmark frequently, or downgrade, you probably won't "feel" it, but the differences are really there.
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Here in the US, DDR2 costs just as much if not more than DDR3 now (as well as the motherboards that support DDR2).
DDR3 has been getting so cheap, and continues to get cheaper. A little over a year ago, 2x 2GB DDR3 cost $100. Now 2x 2GB DDR3 cost $35~45 and 2x 4GB DDR3 cost $60~70.
Womwomwom is a minimalist 
Personally, I'm the type to just get the better, if the costs are virtually the same. i.e. Currently, I'm deciding whether I want to sell my i5 750 for a Core i5 2500k. The price difference is virtually the same if I sell the 750 on Amazon and buy the 2500k from Microcenter, so I'm upgrading for free basically. The performance difference is going to be miniscule, because I don't do anything will require the SB or overclock advantage. I just like to have it because I can, and again, it's free.
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If you want to upgrade the processor, you're just going to have to treat the DDR2 RAM as a sunk cost. There's no point in worrying about it now.
Unless you "need" a P67 or Z68 motherboard and an i7-2600k, I'm not sure the CPU+motherboard combination wouldn't cost £350. That sounds pretty steep. These are the kinds of prices I'm seeing after VAT:
Core i5-2500 - £153.11
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/251597
Biostar H61MU3 (USB3), microATX - £50.85 -- obviously you can substitute something more expensive
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/259265
Kingston 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM - £62.75
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172949
That's under £300 including RAM, probably including shipping?
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I want the i7 because my PC is not in a stable enough place for me to have it cool enough for overclocking, and i want "uber" performance. :D
also im a fan of cleaning every 1-2 months, i have animals, overclocking and this rate of cleaning with 1dog and 3 cats = BOOM. or so i would imagine.
On the ddr2 vs ddr3, ddr3 is naturally better although yeah, probably not on so much a visible front, i will have to upgrade to it though. :-)
On price, paid £75 for 1 4gb ddr2 stick, price of a DDR3 stick? £31. son of a bitch! and the ddr2 was 1066 where the ddr3 is 1333, piece of overpriced crap sitting in my machine 
And yup, ive already resigned myself to the DDR2 being dead money. Shit happens, we move on and get better machines!
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