my memory choice sucks

[Indian pc builder]

Budget (including currency): idk, i dont care about the price

Country: India

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming, general productivity

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

specs= i9 12900k, rtx 3090, 2 tb seagate firecuda 530 m.2 boot drive, fractal meshify 2, lian li galahad 240 mm aio, corsair rm 1000x,

question= which ram should i get, my options are 

1. g.skill ripjaw ddr4 4400 c19

2. g.skill ripjaws s5 5600 ddr4

3. g.skill tridentz5 6000 ddr5

assuming i havent bought a mobo yet, but am looking at a z690 asus rog strix z690 e, or a asus z690 p for ddr4, 

which ram should i get?

 

[HQuan]

If you have enough airflow, get GSKill Trident Z5 6000MHz DDR5.

 

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

assuming i havent bought a mobo yet, but am looking at a z690 asus rog strix z590 e, or a asus z690 p for ddr4, 

which ram should i get?

Z590 won't work with 12th gen Intel, it's for 11th and 10th gen. 

 

In terms of real world performance, benchmarks show that performance past DDR4-4000 levels off for the most part, even compared to DDR5. Personally I don't think it's worth investing in, and by the time it has meaningful benefits over DDR4, you will probably want a fresh CPU.

[Indian pc builder]

28 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Z590 won't work with 12th gen Intel, it's for 11th and 10th gen. 

 

In terms of real world performance, benchmarks show that performance past DDR4-4000 levels off for the most part, even compared to DDR5. Personally I don't think it's worth investing in, and by the time it has meaningful benefits over DDR4, you will probably want a fresh CPU.

i have clearly written z690

 

so you are saying that i should not build my pc now and build it later once ddr5 becomes better?

what if i use the ddr4 4400?

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

i have clearly written z690

 

38 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

z690 asus rog strix z590 e

And then some

[IkeaGnome]

10 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

you are saying that i should not build my pc now and build it later once ddr5 becomes better?

If you HAVE  to have DDR5, yes. Wait. 

10 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

what if i use the ddr4 4400

There's still no major performance difference between 4000 or even 3600.

[Fasauceome]

49 minutes ago, Indian pc builder said:

so you are saying that i should not build my pc now and build it later once ddr5 becomes better?

what if i use the ddr4 4400

I would recommend either building a PC now with very fast DDR4, or if you already have a good PC, just keep that PC until a big improvement can be made. 

 

I didn't see a mention of the PC you currently have in your original post so I leave that judgement up to you. But for the time being I don't recommend DDR5 because of how expensive it is, even though it provides a very similar experience. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

3 hours ago, Indian pc builder said:

Budget (including currency): idk, i dont care about the price

Country: India

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming, general productivity

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

specs= i9 12900k, rtx 3090, 2 tb seagate firecuda 530 m.2 boot drive, fractal meshify 2, lian li galahad 240 mm aio, corsair rm 1000x,

question= which ram should i get, my options are 

1. g.skill ripjaw ddr4 4400 c19

2. g.skill ripjaws s5 5600 ddr4

3. g.skill tridentz5 6000 ddr5

assuming i havent bought a mobo yet, but am looking at a z690 asus rog strix z590 e, or a asus z690 p for ddr4, 

which ram should i get?

 

Go for ddr4, crucial ballistix should suffice as 32gb ballistix is single rank so you can expect 4500+ cl18 depending on how you tune it, if you need decent speed but tight timings then have a look at 32gb samsung b die kits which usually have timings like cl15/14 as any decent b die kit will do 4000 cl14

 

You didnt really specify what capacity so im just gonna assume 32gb, though if you want 16gb then just get some cl15/14 rams, though if you wanna have a go at tuning then expect high speeds but also high volts, i reccomend active cooling aka putting a fan over the rams and max voltage of 1.7v cause b die tolerates upto 2.05v (ofc deathzone)

[Indian pc builder]

20 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

 

And then some

sry my b

[Indian pc builder]

19 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

I would recommend either building a PC now with very fast DDR4, or if you already have a good PC, just keep that PC until a big improvement can be made. 

 

I didn't see a mention of the PC you currently have in your original post so I leave that judgement up to you. But for the time being I don't recommend DDR5 because of how expensive it is, even though it provides a very similar experience. 

 

20 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

If you HAVE  to have DDR5, yes. Wait. 

There's still no major performance difference between 4000 or even 3600.

so you 2 r suggesting i go for ddr4 3600?

[AlfaProto]

Do you have an existing system with DDR4?

If no, just get the DDR5 supported motherboard.

If yes, get the DDR4 supported motherboard, though, you still need to upgrade to DDR5 down the road if you swap board.

[Fasauceome]

4 hours ago, Indian pc builder said:

 

so you 2 r suggesting i go for ddr4 3600?

yeah, DDR4 3600 to 4000 would provide pretty similar performance to basic DDR5 as of right now

[Indian pc builder]

1 hour ago, Fasauceome said:

yeah, DDR4 3600 to 4000 would provide pretty similar performance to basic DDR5 as of right now

ok, thx that is what i will do

[IkeaGnome]

Reviving this and tagging @Fasauceome because HUB just put out a video with great examples of this.