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14900KF with DDR4 3200Mhz

ZXSpectrum

ZXSpectrum

ZXSpectrum

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I have sold my main system a little while ago and have been using the system that i primarily use for emulation. It has a 12600K, Asus B660M Tuf Gaming Wifi, 32Gb DDR4 3200Mhz and now has the 3070ti from my old machine. So i recently purchased a 14900KF to build a new system but was wondering what performance i will be losing if i use the current system with the new CPU with DDR4 rather than DDR5? From what i have seen, people who have done tests with comparable motherboards but versions with the DDR4 3600/4000 and DDR5 6400 state there is about 2-10% performance difference depending on the task. I will probably have to undervolt/limit the power of the CPU to get it not to run silly hot until my Freezer 3 360 arrives later this month, so has anyone ran something similar then noticed a significant performance increase when they finally upgraded to a DDR5 board/Memory?

If it makes any difference i will be looking to buy a 9070XT later this week if one is available.
 
Thanks, I managed to get a great deal on a Gigabyte B760M Aorus Elite AX. Now to look out for some cheap DDR5 :)

I take it DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 or 6400MT/s CL32 is still the sweet spot?
 
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From what I hear there should be an abundance of cards tomorrow. I guess what suppliers consider and abundance is subjective. To be honest I will buy if there is one available and under 600 I will get one. If not I will just put my 3070ti in my new build and wait. Purchasing from a scalper isn’t going to happen.
 
Oh yeah i agree.. I think it started with the Wii where you had to wait in queues for them and then wasnt guaranteed that you would get one. Then exasperated by Covid with people trying to scam a few quid by having the cash on hand to snipe stocks and then bump up the price by loads. The way to combat these is ensuring that a silly amount of stock is available and they will be left with them and not make any money or even lose money on taking the mickey scalping them.
 
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