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by maximilianthe1 199 days ago
Can't you use DDR3 in DDR5 compatible board?
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layer8 199 days ago
No, the different generations have fundamentally incompatible interfaces, not just mechanically, but in terms of voltage and signaling.
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forthefuture 199 days ago
Unfortunately not, each version of RAM uses a different physical slot.
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0x457 199 days ago
Well, they're entirely different, not just slot. Intel 12th/13th/14th gens all support DDR4 or DDR5. However, the motherboards you buy can only support one or the other. I don't think there are a single AMD CPU that supports both?
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