DDR4 or DDR5 for Turned Based Strategy Games

[Author_25]

In the Next Month planning a new build and based in Intel 12th Gen and as I predominately play turned based strategy games like, Civ 6 or Total War, would DDR5 be better than DDR4 or vice versa?

Build I am looking at is,
i7-12700K
MSI Z690 Edge (comes in DDR4 and DDR5 versions)

Ram would be Kingston Fury Beast, 16GB for DDR4 or 32GB for DDR5.

 

[Author_25]

@Tetras. Thank you for the links above, very helpful.

 

[Author_25]

DDR5 kits at 6400Mhz or the upcoming 6600Mhz add much improved gaming performance. It's a no-brainer to go for a DDR5 motherboard at this point.

You also save electricity, as DDR5 runs at lower voltages compared to DDR4.

DDR5 does tempt me but I do not need 32GB of RAM, yet anyway, and I do not like spending money for something I will not use, in this case to its full potential, and the lack of 16GB (2x 8GB) kits, is a let down as this is the most common size people use.

I will search to see if I can find any 16GB DDR5 kits, to help make a balanced decision on RAM type.

 

[Author_25]

Looking at the problems with DDR5 at present, like 4 DIMMs not posting and 2 OK, and issues with the XMP profile, the lack of variety of DIMM sizes, compared to DDR4, as well as no huge gains, so far, with DDR5 over DDR4 I will go with DDR4 and look to upgrade to DDR5, 1-2 years down the road.

Also, half the fun of owning a PC is being able to upgrade and getting DDR4 now lets me enjoy the planning for a DDR5 upgrade.