I don’t really mind having DDR4 around for a few years more if that means the prices aren’t so bad. I’d really appreciate that, as I want to get more RAM for virtualization.
Hot take: DDR4 is good enough for most use cases.
When I decided to build a new system in 2023, I couldn’t make heads or tails of 4 vs 5. Yeah, sure, it’s faster… but no one could really say what that meant in practical terms. I think techpowerup had one rudimentary benchmark for RAM but it was inconsequential.
So I just went with what was cheaper. I also dodged a bullet by getting the slightly cheaper 12700k instead of the newer and allegedly just as fast 13600kf…
Yeah I’m running a 5800x with 32gb of ddr4 that I’ve had since 2020 and have never needed faster RAM. I only use one program that maxes out my RAM, it’s very infrequent I use it and I don’t think a few kHz would make a noticeable difference in how long it takes to render.
That’s a lukewarm take at best.
