DDR4 vs DDR3

zaft1g337

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Hello.

I finally sold my pc today, hurray!
My original thread: http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=67091
Aside from the blunder I did of giving away 2gb rams that I had borrowed, I'm considering now to buying a new PC.

The pc will be primarily for gaming and programming(java/c). I was looking forward for the new DDR4 rams, however, I found out that only the X99 MB had those. What the heck!?

Why do no other mb have ddr4, how much of a difference is there really between 4 and 3 and should I wait for other MB to support ddr4?

Btw, I sold my old pc for exactly the same price as a i7 4790k. I have an extra 700w psu and old gtx 560. Since I'm a student and am on a budget my primary question is:

1) Should I buy the Intel Pentium G3258 with a z97 MB + rams and spend a little extra on a good gfx, then hope to upgrade the cpu in the future
or
2) buy the 4790k and spend a little extra on mobo and rams and go with my old gfx. Then upgrade the gfx in the future?

What are your opinions? Im very concerned about the future flexibility.

Thanks!
 
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Mmm good question! I've gone from a FX-4100, HD6790 and 16gb RAM to a G3258, GTX 750Ti OC and 8GB Corsair Dominator (the TTL special) and it's awesome! I will eventually upgrade CPU but in about a years time, the thing is for now it's much much better at doing what the quad core did I even game at much higher settings than before. But if your not going to overclock the G3258 it would be a pointless purchase, it performs well at stock but it really shines once clocked.
 
Mmm good question! I've gone from a FX-4100, HD6790 and 16gb RAM to a G3258, GTX 750Ti OC and 8GB Corsair Dominator (the TTL special) and it's awesome! I will eventually upgrade CPU but in about a years time, the thing is for now it's much much better at doing what the quad core did I even game at much higher settings than before. But if your not going to overclock the G3258 it would be a pointless purchase, it performs well at stock but it really shines once clocked.

Thats what I've been hearing too. Still not sure that to invest in and if I should wait for ddr4 in other boards like 1150, that is if it will ever come to these MB?

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I just don't want to end up with buying a 97 mobo and after 1 month they produce new once supporting ddr4 since i usually don't upgrade mobo more than once every 5 years.
 
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I see what you mean, I won't be going to X99 for a few years now. DDR3 still has many years to go before it's surpassed properly.
 
I see what you mean, I won't be going to X99 for a few years now. DDR3 still has many years to go before it's surpassed properly.

Do you mean that only X99 will have ddr4? If so, why? I thought that as soon as x99 came with ddr4 support, everyone else would jump on that technology and do the same! :eek:
 
Yes DDR4 is only supported on X99 and what ever AMD bring to the table next. I'd personally wait until it has become a little more mainstream before changing right away, it was the same thing with DDR2 to DDR3, transition it didn't pick up right away.
 
Crap! Now I'm really confused whether I should go for ddr3 and wait approx 5 more years for ddr4 or wait x months for ddr4 :sad:
It's hard being a gamer and a student at the same time <_<
 
for gaming and programming get ddr3 it will cost less for a start, DDR4 only really helps with programs that require large amounts of memory bandwidth like rendering, video editing and so on.

get a z97 with an i5 is what I would do.
 
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