Please help! Should I use gray or black DDR4 slots?

Buy X299 or threadripper for quad channel memory Also DDR4 is going to be replaced in the coming years for DDR5, so spending $600 on DDR4 isn't recommendable

Is DDR5 compatible with DDR3 and DDR4 motherboards? First, a forewarning: DDR5 is not backwards compatible Although the physical pin lay-out of

ddr4 sodimm slot So, you can't mix and match SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, or DDR5 memory on the same motherboard, as they won't function They may not even fit in the same

ddr4 vs ddr5 slot Short answer: DDR5's latency is virtually the same as DDR4 The key takeaway is that users can adopt DDR5 memory technology without worrying about latency