New Build - DDR5?

Clearcut

Clearcut

Clearcut

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Good morning.

I have a question. I'm considering building a new PC. However, I'm not sure about the RAM.

I see PCs being sold as 'High end' yet they have DDR4. They have top end graphics cards and other hardware but the RAM is DDR4.

The question is, would you put DDR4 in new builds? Surely DDR5 would be much faster and the way to go.

Thanks.
 
Be using stock of motherboards and cpus from previous generations.

The 5800x3D and 5700x3D are still very capable chips, AM4 is not totally dead as AMD have still been releasing new CPU’s on that platform but is not compatible with DDR5. You could still consider a 5800x3D with a beefy GPU as a high end system.

If it is AM4 with an x3D chip the ram speed doesn’t actually impact gaming all that much.

Depending on budget and use case a 7800x3d and 6000mhtz ddr5 is pretty much the golden standard but there are many people happy to buy an am4/ddr4 system and use it for years to come if they’re not too fussed about an upgrade path
 
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Clearcut said:
The question is, would you put DDR4 in new builds? Surely DDR5 would be much faster and the way to go.
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As said above: the question is: "what budget do you have?". Asking DDR4 or DDR5 is the wrong question, in my opinion, the question is: what is the best CPU/GPU I can fit for my budget. If you don't have a big budget then you're likely to be going for a build based around a 5600/5600X or 12400F and that will be DDR4, since if you had a bigger budget you'd just buy into AM5 and get a 7600 (or better), which requires DDR5.
 
DDR5 is more accessible now and buying a 6000 CL30 2x16GB kit would be able to use it for some time.
The x3D kits not really dependant on higher clocks than that or lower timing than that.
Some decent AM5 boards more reasonably priced.
 
Clearcut said:
Good morning.

I have a question. I'm considering building a new PC. However, I'm not sure about the RAM.

I see PCs being sold as 'High end' yet they have DDR4. They have top end graphics cards and other hardware but the RAM is DDR4.

The question is, would you put DDR4 in new builds? Surely DDR5 would be much faster and the way to go.

Thanks.
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DDR4 isn’t dead and it’s still fast and often cheap but DDR5 is a better memory technology overall and the price has dropped significantly.

I have some great quality DDR4 RAM that’s dual rank and the fastest set of RAM I have ever owned so if I was offered a cheap DDR4 Z690 motherboard and CPU combo, I would be very tempted.
 
I suspect this wouldn't have been a conversation with DDR3 - DDR4.

I have seen DDR5 sold cheaply on MM. This is what made me ask. If I bought these I'd have to do a complete upgrade.

It's like upgrading to Windows Vista then. Better off staying with XP for now.
 
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