Anyone using an 1151 MB w/ DDR3? Impressions?

fritzfield

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I am interested in upgrading my 2010 core i5-750 on MSI P55-GD80 to an i5-6500 CPU w/ a MB that supports DDR3. Do these iterations of the 1151 MB allow voltage adjustments for the older DDR3 to run properly. Does the DDR3 (16G G-Skill 10700) run just as well on these new boards as it does on this 1156 board? I really only want a new MB and chip. Won't need a discreet video card (although I could reuse the AMD HD-5700) as I am not into games. Just want to upgrade after 5 yrs w/o breaking the bank and the RAM I have is fine for my needs.

Thanks.