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Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by maximilianthe1 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @04:14PM (#46153173)
Can't you use DDR3 in DDR5 compatible board?
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Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by forthefuture on Thursday December 04, 2025 @04:17PM (#46153214)
Unfortunately not, each version of RAM uses a different physical slot.
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Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by 0x457 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:44PM (#46155424)
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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Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by layer8 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @05:16PM (#46153889)
No, the different generations have fundamentally incompatible interfaces, not just mechanically, but in terms of voltage and signaling.
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