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As I said, Before I begin, this is not a duplicate of What is the different between DDR3 and GDDR3, so idk why it has been marked as a duplicate this is an entirely different question. What im talking about is what is the difference between DDR3 and GDDR5? I have a desktop PC, and I am looking to upgrade the ram from 4GB to 8GB. But as I have discovered GDDR5, im not sure which one is better.

Can someone help me with the difference? (Ports are PCIe like all desktops)

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I have a desktop PC, and I am looking to upgrade the RAM from 4GiB to 8GiB.

Ok, so far so good. Millions of people have done that before...

But as I have discovered GDDR5, I'm not sure which one is best.

GDDR5 will not fit in any standard motherboard. That means you need to add more DDR3.

(That is not to say that you cannot design a motherboard which works with GDDR5. But it is not standard and it certainly will not work if you have to ask.)

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