With DDR5 RAM prices skyrocketing, some mid-range laptops could soon ship with budget-level specs. TrendForce expects companies like Dell and Lenovo to stock more notebooks with 8GB of memory. These reasonably priced options may no longer handle intense office and gaming tasks.
It’s just the fact that, at some point, if you want a faster computer, you’re bound to have DDR5.
AMD 5000 is fast, but how does it compare to last gen? Is there a 5000 CPU that can get the same score as a high end 9000 CPU?
What if you have a homelab server to upgrade but find out you need more PCIe lanes?
Other than that, yeah, you don’t need DDR5, but DDR4 is slowly going out of production and is also rising in price… so you’re screwed either way.
There are some in-between boards as well. I’ve an Intel 12th gen board that comes in DDR4 and DDR5 varieties. Either one will be an upgrade from an 11th gen, but it will be a bit faster with the DDR5 board.
Alright, alright, that just took two people explaining it for it to sink in for me.
Thanks, I got too hung up on the specifics and missed the bigger picture.