Is it really worth the money for me to get a ddr4 motherboard in my situatuion?

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So currently I'm pretty tight on money and i want to upgrade my computer. If i needed to i could strand out the extra money i would need for a ddr4 but i just don't know if it's worth it.
Specs-
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 645
Propus 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 401MHz (6-6-6-15)
Motherboard
ASRock N68-VS3 UCC (CPUSocket)
Graphics
DELL U2412M (1920x1200@59Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (EVGA)
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10 EARX-00N0YB0 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)

I have already bought the intel pentinum g4600 which doesn't work with my current motherboard and is one of the reasons why i want to update it. I am also going to get a gtx 1050ti. If i bought a new motherboard (DDR4) it would be quite expensive in my case because its ddr4 and i need to get 8gb of ddr4 ram which is like 60 bucks. You guys think i could get good performance in games like overwatch with a ddr3 motherboard a gtx 1050 ti and a intel pentinum?
 
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mbilal2

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Intel G4600 doesn't support DDR3 rams and so any motherboard you get for it, you will have to buy DDR4 ram. DDR4 rams and DDR3 rams are not compatible as they are physically different. DDR3 rams will not fit in a DDR4 motherboard and same goes with DDR4 rams and DDR3 motherboards. You will simply have to wait to save up to get an FCLGA1151 mobo and DDR4 rams.


 
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Martell1977

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You have to match the socket to the CPU. It doesn't work on the current motherboard because AMD sockets are completely different from Intels. Your CPU is Intels socket 1151 and a Kaby Lake CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4600 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.92 @ Amazon)
Total: $116.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-11 22:27 EDT-0400
 
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raisonjohn

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Yes, the main point of the upgrade in platform is the opportunity to reach better performance levels and CPU-GPU pairing - not the DDR3 vs DDR4 RAM per se.

Your current platform (i.e., AM3 socket, 45nm CPU) has a dead-end upgrade path, meaning, the best CPU in that older platform you can fit in there (with the intention of retaining your DDR3 RAM) would still be "worse in performance" compared to a more affordable and "weak" CPU in the newer platform lineup (such as the Pentium G4600): http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4600-vs-AMD-Phenom-II-X4-980/3894vsm5445 / http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4600-vs-AMD-FX-9590/3894vs1812

In short, no point in keeping those DDR3 RAM in an AMD AM3/AM3+ platform as, the platform (not the RAM type) will not give you (anymore) much higher performance than you can get with a newer platform (which just happens to use DDR4 RAM).

If you have an older Intel platform, for example, a Haswell 4th-gen CPU (which uses DDR3 RAM), it would have been a different story - as that platform can and would still be able to keep up with the newer platforms.

But since you have already bought a Kaby Lake 7th-gen CPU (Pentium G4600), your option is to get a DDR4-based motherboard (such as a B250-chipset motherboard for affordability) and a set of DDR4 RAM sticks.
 
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