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Cheap DDR5 RAM. Alternatively can get it for $199 at Mwave
AORUS DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5200MHz GP-ARS32G52D5 $184.59 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU
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Yes you should be going DDR5.
future proofing
I struggle to see how it's future proofing when the low speed ddr5 that 13600k supports is more or less providing the same speed as ddr4.
From my research ddr5 will.be better when high speeds are readily available but even if that was soon, 13th gen only supports up to 5600mhz so I see it as kind of a redundant price increase over ddr4. The only thing swaying me is that it may increase resale value in 12-18 months
Yeah you need to switch motherboard and ddr5 in the future anyway as they will be very high speed that current ones doesn’t support. So going ddr5 for future proofing is a not true at least for now
Here's some analysis. https://www.tomshardware.com/features/ddr5-vs-ddr4-is-it-tim…
32GB of 5200 DDR5 RAM is $185. 32GB of 4000 DDR4 RAM is $219 from a quick check on staticice.
5200 DDR5 is 7% faster according to that article above, and $34 cheaper.
In a year or so you can sell the DDR5 5200 and upgrade to DDR7000 Hynix A-die for not that much money and quite a significant speed boost, assuming the motherboard can handle it but 1700 motherboards generally are very good for high speed RAM. Why forgo all that and restrict yourself to DDR4 for less than $100? If you choose DDR4 1700 motherboard you're in a total dead end and stuck with whatever RAM you have today.
The above argument is only wrong if you already own reasonable DDR4 RAM, but to be buying a choosing DDR4 RAM today is not a good choice.
DDR5 prices have plummeted recently. As per the article I linked to above this RAM was US$400 in February. Now it's less than a third of that.
@B3: Just had a read of that article and couldn't find anywhere stating that 5200mhz DDR5 is 7% faster.
In many cases from my research, 3600mhz DDR4 outperforms entry level DDR5 in gaming.
Currently you can get a solid DDR4 kit for $120-150 which will perform better at gaming than this. Also you will save money on the motherboard.
Really, you are paying minimum $100-$150 to use entry level DDR5 which performs worse in many scenarios.
If prices were the same sure, DDR5 could be fine, but I'm not keen to pay more for less performance for my use case
@WallybR: This isn’t true, if you watch the hardware unboxed YouTube video where they compared extensively some good DDR4 CL14 ram with the cheapest DDR5 they are equal or DDR5 is better.
Seems kind of dumb to do a new build with DDR4 is the prices are the same. And in terms of future proofing I guess you would at least have a DDR5 board so you could sell this kit and get a faster kit in the future if you wanted.
Micron A-die (not a good thing) that launched for US$400 in February! Bit staggering how fast these prices have fallen. This is very good basic RAM for the price.
Has a good heatspreader:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/aorus-ddr5-nanocarbon-heat…
ddr5 cant fit ddr4 slot right?
Correct
Nice price. Only going to be ~5% less fps than using $400 6000MHz cl30 for gaming.
Hmm had my eyes set on the Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600. Not sure the 400mhz is worth an extra ~$70.
I think it was a pricing error or it sold out..still.shows $99 on search page but full price at checkout
Too good to be true.
With ddr5 ram this cheap, should I be going ddr5 for 13600k instead of ddr4?
New build, already have most parts bar ram, Mobo and gpu