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Will Haswell-E ONLY support DDR4?

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SirVancelot

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Hello,

I know that Haswell-E chips are supposedly releasing only about a week from now but as excited as I would like to be to get one (specifically the 5820K, I believe it is. ~$400 model) I know that the X99 platform seems to only support DDR4 which I hear will stay quite expensive for probably the next year or two. So I am wondering if there will be any other chipsets or platforms that will support the Haswell-Es but have slots for DDR3 RAM instead? Did the SandyBridge-E and IvyBridge-E chips only have one supported chipset? Sorry if these are dumb questions.
 
There will not be any DDR3 slots at all since Haswell-E does not have a DDR3 controller.

So I am wondering if there will be any other chipsets or platforms that will support the Haswell-Es but have slots for DDR3 RAM instead?
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No. Although they kept the 2011 pins the configuration is keyed to prevent you from inserting a lga2011-3 cpu in an lga2011 socket.
 
There has only been one supported chipset per-platform in the past, and the DDR4 controller is integrated on the procesor.

You will be expected to make the ultimate sacrifice to the DDR4 gods :D
 
The same RAM architecture upgrade blues that we have been singing for eons. A painful but necessary evil. I have so much DDR3 in systems it's crazy and the eventual move to DDR4 is going to be painful for sure. :(
 
Ddr4 only, as others in this thread have mentioned. Tbh, ddr4 ram prices are not that much higher than comparable ddr3 sticks.

These two as an example.
 
And the DDR4 sticks are 1.2V instead of 1.65V although they are CL16 instead of CL10. I assume these are not overclocked or even run higher than spec.
 
drescherjm said:
And the DDR4 sticks are 1.2V instead of 1.65V although they are CL16 instead of CL10. I assume these are not overclocked or even run higher than spec.
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I think the bus runs at a much higher clock rate but the latency is mainly dependent on the physical principle of DRAM, hence the number of cycles has to increase.
 
Thank you for all the responses. Oh well, I guess I will just have to wait and see if there will be any good deals for DDR4 around Black Friday or Christmas time. I primarily wanted the Haswell-E for PPro/AE type work but maybe Broadwell will be a winner.
 
but maybe Broadwell will be a winner.
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April 2015 is a long way out. By then maybe DDR4 prices will be somewhat lower so you may want Haswell-E instead or you may want to wait an additional 8 months for Skylake (which will be DDR4 only).
 
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ir0nw0lf said:
The same RAM architecture upgrade blues that we have been singing for eons. A painful but necessary evil. I have so much DDR3 in systems it's crazy and the eventual move to DDR4 is going to be painful for sure. :(
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I have 320GB of DDR3 right now in house... imagine my pain...:D

The good thing is that DDR3 is by no means obsolete and since it was used for so long in so many systems, there'll be use for it for many years to come...;)
 
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