I am building a machine for my “productivity” loads (mostly large code bases compilations + lots of virtual machines).

Main specs: intel i7 13700K, no gpu, 1tb m.2

Because of vms I run, I need some ram, so I would buy 64gb. Should I go DDR4 3200 or DDR5 5600?

DDR4 is quite cheaper, also motherboard is quite cheaper, so it adds up. But would DDR4 be a bottleneck for cpu?

Most reviews talk about gaming, but maybe ddr4 and ddr5 effect my workloads different?

  • Dadchilies@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Me and my friend just built identical systems his white mine black. My new system is with I9-14900k($599), MSI Z790 tomahawk ddr4($200), 32GB ddr4 3600 cl14 old used memory from old system($73), Samsung 990 pro 4tb, RTX 2080 Super from old system($500), HX1500i power supply I got on sale for ($99), Win10, and my new Lian li PC-011 EVO XL Black. His system is I9-14900k($599), MSI Z790 Edge TI max($349), 32GB ddr5 5200 cl32 ($308), Samsung 990 pro 4tb, RTX 3060ti from old system($420), EVGA 750W power supply ($129), Win11, Lian li PC-011 EVO XL SNOW white. I am very happy with my upgrade!! and I saved over $383 staying on ddr4 with more performance than his system. my latency is substantially better my PC feels snappier and we both agree. playing the same games I get a few more fps which is obvious since graphics cards are not the same but, what I notice the most is programs launch way faster, loading screens are way quicker, everything seems way better on my system by a long shot. Something I noticed about my PC I don’t have support for 4 slots of the ddr4 I bought and ended up only using 2. In his PC he’s using 4x16gb ddr5 with no issues.

    • hank81@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      So you are telling that your PC is snappier due to RAM? Because his DDR5 is objectively much faster than your DDR4. Try the same 7-zip benchmark on both systems and you will see at what extent the difference is there