Will my current GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 run DDR3 RAM?

[Raswan]

This may be an incredibly stupid question, but I am in the middle of an upgrade (grabbing most parts now but waiting until the i5 760 and motherboard I want come back in stock) and I am wondering if the RAM I picked up can be used on my current motherboard until I get the new one (eta ~2 weeks?).

My current mobo is the GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965, and the specs says standard memory supported is DDR2:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128012

I don't know if that means it only handles DDR2, or if it will dumb down my new DDR3 (G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666))), or if it will use it at normal speeds or whatever. The RAM is 240-pin and so are the RAM slots on that mobo, so my almost-arbitrary guess is that it will work?

Thanks everyone.

 

[IGemini]

No. Nevermind the fact that they operate differently and are designed to not be used in the same RAM slot, DDR3 wasn't even released when the P965 chipset was made.

 

[Raduque]

Oh, you can plug it in all you want. But I wouldn't fire up the system after you did. Signaling and voltage pins are completely different, and you'll fry everything.

 

[Rifter]

now would be a very good time to admit you were drunk or high while making that post