DDR4 Worth it yet?

Soldato
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I am planning another build soon with a budget of up to £1500 and I am wondering is DDR4 worth it? DDR3 is a lot cheaper and with the money saved can either go towards better graphics card etc or just money saved in general.

The other thing is would a i5-4690K or i7-4790K fit in a DDR4 Motherboard? I think not because those 2 chips are 1150 socket and the DDR4 motherboards are 2011 socket but let me know if I am wrong on that. Those chips are also cheaper than the 2011 socket ones.

I think right now DDR3 should be good enough to hold up for a few years yet and DDR4 can wait, but if you think otherwise let me know cheers :cool:
 
What is the main use of the pc?

Mainly gaming but also screen recoridng and video editing. I know cpu is more for video encoding etc I just dont see what DDR4 significantly offers over DDR3 :confused:

Another option is to wait for intels new skylake cpu's, new socket and chipset that will utilise ddr4. Should be out in a few months time.

See you take a few months away from current events in the hardware world and when you come back theres loads of new things on the horizon :eek: I will check that out.
 
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