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?

  • NixAName@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I might need to read more tests, but I had believed we passed that point at about 6200mhz on most kits.

    • Dabs4Daze0@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      With extremely tight timings you can get close to the latency of DDR4. Within like 10-12ns I think. But I think that’s on much faster kits.

      I’ll have to look around and double check lol.