DDR5 is expected to be released in late 2024 or early 2025.
DDR5 is expected to be released in late 2024 or early 2025.
DDR5 availability for consumer computers is still in early stages. While some manufacturers are planning its release, widespread adoption isn't expected until later this year or beyond. Your current 6700k system should last longer than the typical upgrade cycle, but keeping up with RAM compatibility will be important. If you're ready to transition before college starts in 2021-2022, consider a mid-range upgrade like a Ryzen 4th gen now, while staying on the lookout for DDR5 options when they become more common. Alternatively, selling your current hardware and getting a newer motherboard with DDR4 support could be a practical short-term solution.
It's unlikely this will happen this year, though timing is uncertain for next year. If benchmarks leak, you might expect a delay of 3 to 4 months unless there were issues causing the postponement.
It seems DDR5 won’t stand out much for most users. The ideal moment to buy a PC is usually right now!
Current market conditions make some components quite costly. DDR5 will likely debut at a premium, similar to how DDR4 was initially focused on high-performance servers like AMD EPYC with many cores and fast memory bandwidth. I anticipate the price will decrease within six months to a year after launch. Therefore, it might be wise to purchase a 3600 or 3700X with 16-32GB of 3600 DDR4 right now (depending on your needs), as DDR5 is expected to become more affordable in 1-2 years.
there are several options available right now. it's not bad, just a possible increase of around 10%. this could mean an additional $50 on a $500 project or $100 for a $1,000 build.
If you want to hold onto it, just hold onto it for now. There's no incentive to upgrade a 6th-8th gen intel system at all yet. 6th/7th/8th/9th/10th gen Intel systems are all the same Skylake 14nm architecture, heck Intel was still selling the the 6th gen parts in 2019. These have all been very incremental improvements. Even the 11th gen "Rocket Lake" for 2021 is still Skylake 14nm. Like Intel told us they were going to do a 14nm++ but that should have ended with the 8th gen, we're basically on 14nm +++++. It is not worth upgrading a 14nm Intel CPU until Intel releases a 7nm CPU. Now on AMD's front, guess who HAS a 7nm CPU. AMD. Zen2 and Zen3 are on the same process node, so you're not going to see a massive change in performance per watt like you would going from Zen to Zen2, or Intel 14nm to 7nm Zen2. Don't expect the 4000 parts to leapfrog the 3000 parts. I don't imagine DDR5 being mainstream until Intel announces support for it. The first chipsets that will support it maybe released in DDR4 and DDR5 motherboards like all previous memory updates. So unless something that has come up in the last 5 years is something you need (which has thus been USB4/TB3 on USB-C) I would not spend the money on another Intel system. However I also expect some early adopters for Zen2 to get burned when they try to upgrade to a Zen3 CPU and discover that they should have bought a more expensive chipset.