Can the Intel i5-6500 use DDR3 RAM?

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A few websites seem to be saying that Skylake can't run DDR3 RAM without sustaining damage. Basically, I'm doing almost a complete computer upgrade, only keeping a few parts, RAM, HDD, and disk drive. New motherboard, new GPU, new CPU, possibly new case. For reference, the parts are:

GPU: Radeon R9 380
PSU: Rosewill RD-700 M
CPU: Intel i5-6500
The current motherboard is a Dell XPS 8300, with the default RAM installed, which I believe to be DDR3. The new motherboard in question (to support the 380) is the ASUS B150M-A D3, which says it supports i5, and also DDR3, but some websites are saying that the Skylake technology will break if used with DDR3 RAM. Can anyone confirm or deny, preferably with sources?
 
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If you don't need a lot of features on your motherboard a cheap H110 chipset board and 8 GB's of RAM would suffice.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $96.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 08:18 EST-0500

http://wccftech.com/skylake-does-not-support-ddr3-damage-ddr3l-only/
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Ah dang, do you have any suggestions for a DDR4 motherboard/memory kit ideally below $200?
 
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If you don't need a lot of features on your motherboard a cheap H110 chipset board and 8 GB's of RAM would suffice.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $96.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 08:18 EST-0500

http://wccftech.com/skylake-does-not-support-ddr3-damage-ddr3l-only/
 
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Ahh, that's a shame. Thank you very much for your advice though! Do you happen to have any suggestions on a DDR4 motherboard that will support the R9 380?
 
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I'm kind of new to the field of motherboard functions. Let's say I was looking to use a CPU, GPU, RAM, Disk Drive, HDD, PSU, and Ethernet connection, would that be considered a lot of features or is that like, the bare minimum?
 
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They'll all support the 380, and any "current-ish" video card for that matter. Its really up to you. I'm a big fan of ASRock all the way from gaming rigs to the business class X99 workstations I build regularly. Many people swear by Asus though I don't because of the way they tend to share so many resources on their boards between SATA ports and PCIe slots and what not (whole 'nother conversation...though shouldn't apply to what you're building). These days it really feels like you're paying for the name "Asus" and I hate that. It really comes down to budget. Asus & Gigabyte are touted by many to be of the highest quality, but ASRock is caught up at this point, gained a ton of traction in the market and give you a lot of features. MSI boards are also very popular.
 
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Excellent! Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it!
 
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