Maybe some of you deciding on whether to build a Gaming or strong multimedia/editing PC will benefit from this.
Right now most of the PCs, laptops, and components will push you towards DDR4 memory and either AMD's Zen 3 or Intel's 11th Gen processors.
Instead of building now, I've decided to wait until the next generation of memory and processors expected out in the Winter 2021. Technically, there's already a company producing DDR5 memory, but no motherboards or processors (that I could find) can make use of the new hardware.
There are a few reasons that stuck out to me to wait for the new DDR5 memory hardware:
- Twice as fast as DDR4 3.2gbps -> 6.4 gbps
- Lower voltage and better power management
- Higher memory per stick
And here are some reasons to wait for new generation of processors:
- Intel's 12th gen (Alder Lake) processors
- higher clock speeds
- support for PCIE 5
- for Intel - new socket, LGA 1700
- for AMD - new socket, AM5
- DDR5 memory support
- more cores and threads
So, faster memory with bigger sticks and new sockets are the biggest reasons for waiting to upgrade. Additionally, new graphics cards should be dropping from Intel and AMD in 2022.
DDR5 memory releasing now, but dependent on new processors and motherboards.
Zen 4 release date is late 2022.
Intel's 12th gen release date late 2021-late 20222.
What are your top reasons for waiting to build a new gaming PC?
What are your top reasons for not waiting to build a new gaming PC?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
