Intel reportedly preparing surprise return to DDR4 systems with 'Raptor Lake Next' — LGA 1700 platform apparently slated for first half of 2027, takes a page from AMD's book by extending budget platf…

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Hot take: DDR4 is good enough for most use cases.

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That’s a lukewarm take at best.

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Yeah I’m running a 5800x with 32gb of ddr4 that I’ve had since 2020 and have never needed faster RAM. I only use one program that maxes out my RAM, it’s very infrequent I use it and I don’t think a few kHz would make a noticeable difference in how long it takes to render.

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When I decided to build a new system in 2023, I couldn’t make heads or tails of 4 vs 5. Yeah, sure, it’s faster… but no one could really say what that meant in practical terms. I think techpowerup had one rudimentary benchmark for RAM but it was inconsequential.

So I just went with what was cheaper. I also dodged a bullet by getting the slightly cheaper 12700k instead of the newer and allegedly just as fast 13600kf…

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I don’t really mind having DDR4 around for a few years more if that means the prices aren’t so bad. I’d really appreciate that, as I want to get more RAM for virtualization.

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AI keeps eating all the top of the line hardware, but now they can earn the consumers money on top with yesterday’s tech.

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