Monday, November 8th 2021
Intel's Next-Generation "Raptor Lake-S" Could Carry Over DDR4 Platform Support
With Intel's Alder Lake processor generation launch, the platform merges support of two different DDR memory standards: DDR4 and DDR5. While there are motherboards that offer the latest DDR5 standard, there are boards that provide users to use the cheaper DDR4 memory option in their builds as we transition to the newer standard and newer memory becomes more available. The DDR5 products are currently on the expensive side, and DDR4 represents a good choice for creating a PC build in the following years, at least in the transition to DDR5 standard's better availability and lower prices.
According to Moore's Law is Dead Twitter account, the DDR4 support may reside for a little longer on Intel's platforms. As per their sources, Intel's 13th generation Core processors, codenamed Raptor Lake, will carry over DDR4 platform support and possibly retain compatibility with the 12th generation Alder Lake platform. That means that the Z690 and future H670/B660/H610 boards could be compatible with Raptor Lake-S and also carry support for the DDR4 memory protocol for it. This could indicate that Alder Lake-S buyers that build PCs with DDR4 memory could have a viable processor upgrade path without upgrading the memory. Of course, information like this should be taken with a grain of salt.
Sources:
Moore's Law is Dead (Twitter), via VideoCardz
According to Moore's Law is Dead Twitter account, the DDR4 support may reside for a little longer on Intel's platforms. As per their sources, Intel's 13th generation Core processors, codenamed Raptor Lake, will carry over DDR4 platform support and possibly retain compatibility with the 12th generation Alder Lake platform. That means that the Z690 and future H670/B660/H610 boards could be compatible with Raptor Lake-S and also carry support for the DDR4 memory protocol for it. This could indicate that Alder Lake-S buyers that build PCs with DDR4 memory could have a viable processor upgrade path without upgrading the memory. Of course, information like this should be taken with a grain of salt.
18 Comments on Intel's Next-Generation "Raptor Lake-S" Could Carry Over DDR4 Platform Support
Builders would be happy if motherboards do carry over to Raptor-pond, next gen after that would complete the move to DDR5.
So yes really smart move by intel
Raptor Lake should still be on LGA1700, so same deal here.
I am not sure when this will happen but I think 1 year is reasonable for DDR5 to become more interesting.
If i had to build a new system and the DDR5-6000 CL 36 was just barely more expensive than a DDR4000-CL18 kit, i wouldn't even hesitate. I would grab the DDR5 kit for the 2 more memory channel and extra bandwidth.
I help someone build a kabylake with ddr3l it works pretty fine.
Good news nonetheless.
I settled for DDR4 on a Z690 Strix-A D4 for my 12900K build, returned the Z690 Strix-F.
Not only is DDR5 more expensive and not worth the upgrade for the performance you get out of it on games, but it's been sold out for a while now.
I kept refreshing places like Newegg, BestBuy, Amazon and B&H, and none has had any on stock since last week.
At first I was hesitant to stick to DDR4, and had gotten the second mobo as a contingency plan, but after reading all the reviews, and watching all the videos on YouTube, I'm glad I decided to save $300+ from this new build :toast:
Heck, I might even decide to invest in an ubber high end of DDR4 just to do it! :pThat test was done on Z690 platform, but what about comparing to high end DDR4 on Z590 where the IMC is dedicated solely to DDR4?