techspot YouTuber prototypes way to use DDR4 memory on DDR5 motherboards

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This week, a Taipei YouTuber who may be part of the Asus ROG motherboard team prototyped an adapter for using DDR4 memory sticks on motherboards designed only for DDR5. This trick may alleviate a dilemma facing those building or buying new computers with Intel’s new Alder Lake processors.

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[Avacado]

  On 31/12/2021 at 20:22, ENTERPRISE said:

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Damnit. I just bought 2 more DDR5 modules too. 

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  On 31/12/2021 at 20:29, Avacado said:

Damnit. I just bought 2 more DDR5 modules too. 

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Possibly better off going DDR5 anyway. Though I have heard depending on your DDR4 it can outperform this current gen of DDR5.

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 31/12/2021 at 20:56, ENTERPRISE said:

Possibly better off going DDR5 anyway. Though I have heard depending on your DDR4 it can outperform this current gen of DDR5.

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My (hopefully) last DDR4 Sammy-B set I bought is 4000 CL15 nominal, that could do well in the setup you referenced for Alder Lake.

 

According to the retailers I chat with, the DDR5 shortage is a big problem for them as it reduces 'mobo upgrade and related peripheral' sales... 

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  On 31/12/2021 at 22:47, J7SC_Orion said:

 

My (hopefully) last DDR4 Sammy-B set I bought is 4000 CL15 nominal, that could do well in the setup you referenced for Alder Lake.

 

According to the retailers I chat with, the DDR5 shortage is a big problem for them as it reduces 'mobo upgrade and related peripheral' sales... 

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Yeah I mean DDR4 at those specs is great and certainly does not "need" upgrading, though when "want" comes into it...your in trouble haha. 

 

Yeah the shortage will be a massive impact on suppliers and retailers selling DDR5 related components...Mobo's etc.

[Sir Beregond]

Would have been nice to pickup some of that sweet sweet DDR4 B-die stuff. But alas, was way more than I wanted to spend for RAM. Guess we'll see if I regret it later.

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 03/01/2022 at 18:30, Sir Beregond said:

Would have been nice to pickup some of that sweet sweet DDR4 B-die stuff. But alas, was way more than I wanted to spend for RAM. Guess we'll see if I regret it later.

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It wasn't exactly cheap, but compared to the initial release of DDR5, a good deal nonetheless. In addition, I have 4 sets of similar G-Skill 'GTZR' which wonder between HEDT quad-channel work machines and other systems...the 4000 CL15 is just a slightly higher-binned version of that, so it is easily compatible for mix-and-match.