However, there are many things to consider when choosing to take the DDR4 route. You'll need reasonably fast memory able to sustain Gear 1 mode and tight timings—we recommend something similar to our DDR4-3600 configuration. Intel memory controllers aren't very picky about dual-rank modules, at least while you stay in Gear 1. In our performance results, Dual-Rank DDR4 Gear 1 at DDR4-3200/3600 is able to stay ahead of their DDR4-4000/4400 single-rank Gear 2 counterparts. In conclusion, you could avoid paying the hefty DDR5 early-adopter tax if you're willing to live with a single-digit percentage performance hit in applications, and a negligible hit in gaming performance. On the other hand, if you want the absolute highest performance, DDR5 is what you want, but be ready to pay for it. I am happy to report that running DDR5 is trivial, at least on my G.SKILL Trident Z memory kit. Just enable XMP and you're done. Overclocking and tweaking was also trouble-free, and straightforward, which is an impressive feat for a technology that's as new as DDR5.
==== so, DDR 4 is the past and DDR5 is the future of pc gaming..... alright.... see u there, 1-2 years ..... when the price is right......
