What is the latest platform compatible with DDR3?

[silentbogo]

After a little search I find some new Gigabyte H110 DDR3 around 50 and some used 6700/6700K around 180, what do you think?

That board has some really shitty VRMs. I wouldn't put an i7 in it, even the one with locked multiplier.
Also you may wanna ask if that 6700k is an engineering sample (i7-6400T ES), cause at stock it'll be at super-low clocks(equivalent of low-power i5-6400T only with HT enabled), and that's assuming that it'll work at all. And if it's a legit 6700K, then there is a possibility of frying your VRMs on that puny Gigabyte board.

At the end of the day your 3570 is still an adequate CPU for modern gaming and productivity, so why rushing this upgrade at all? It makes more sense to upgrade the entire system later.

Well, I feel happy but I'm not sure if my 3570 is bottlenecking my 1070, the thing is I don't remember when was the last time we watched a pre-Skylake CPU on any review @W1zzard so I don't know how fast could 4790K, 6700K, 7700K or any Coffee Lake be compared to my 3570 in 1440p gaming.

If you feel happy with your chip, then at this point it does not matter whether it's bottlenecking or not.

 

[dorsetknob]

LGA2011 also supports DDR3

 

[rtwjunkie]

Two negatives for Devil's Canyon: 22nm (versus 14nm or less) and they run notoriously hot (I think it was because VRM is on the package).

2 x 8 GiB DDR4 runs for $130~$200. The window of savings for going old and reusing memory isn't that big so...keep that in mind (memory you have is worth less than $150).

My 4790k runs very cool on air. It may depend on the motherboard though. I’ve got an ASUS z97 Deluxe which has a thick PCB and has beefy heatsinks on the VRM’s.

 

[WikiFM]

LGA2011 also supports DDR3

Found X79 Mobo at 100, 4930K at 160, both used.

What do you think better than 6700/6700K? Specially in gaming

 

[RealNeil]

Make sure that you have a Braun shaver before you buy that X79 system.

That platform is so old that it's bound to be growing hair on it.

 

[johnspack]

My sandy xeon does just fine thank you at 4.7. Runs my 980ti into 1070 turf. And the quad channel ram is just so nice and darn fast.... Do go 2011 and get an e5-1650 preferably v1 but v2 works, just not as fast. 6 cores, 12 threads, paid 99 bucks for mine.

 

[John Naylor]

For Intel, obviously 1150 but I do remember when we had the changeover that some 1151 boards were offering backward DDR3 compatibility. ASRock B150M for example

 

[rtwjunkie]

Make sure that you have a Braun shaver before you buy that X79 system.

That platform is so old that it's bound to be growing hair on it.

The wife has an x79 system and it works great for both gaming and photo editing. And that CPU is no slouch.

 

[WikiFM]

My sandy xeon does just fine thank you at 4.7. Runs my 980ti into 1070 turf. And the quad channel ram is just so nice and darn fast.... Do go 2011 and get an e5-1650 preferably v1 but v2 works, just not as fast. 6 cores, 12 threads, paid 99 bucks for mine.

You're right I forgot about the Xeons, why V1 better than V2, I thought is otherwise (V2 newer)? Also there are plenty of Xeons I feel so confused with so many models, do you know which ones are 6 cores and up?

 

[cucker tarlson]

Found X79 Mobo at 100, 4930K at 160, both used.

What do you think better than 6700/6700K? Specially in gaming

a 4930k running quad channel might outperform 6700k on ddr3.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

The latest platform that support ddr3 is Kabylake unfortunately it is recommended to use ddr3l to avoid damaging the memory controller at least what reports said last time. I am not sure of the long term effects of regular 1.5v ddr3 on skylake/kabylake. I build a new system for my brother recycling his 32GB crucial very low profile ddr3 . It was a low power ddr3l ram so it is perfect for kabylake build. I used the motherboard below Gigabyte z170-hd3-ddr3. It works really well with an updated bios paired with a 7700k with the ddr3l. I got the motherboard from ebay, it was less than a $100 usd if I recall right. I don't think it is sold anymore on ebay, I help look for you up. Only the micro atx version is left here.

 

[Keullo-e]

Never heard of any problems with Sky/Kabylake with DDR3. I'd not be frightened to use that ~10% "overvoltage" (if running 1.5V DDR3).