DDR5 memories have been on the market for some time, but his presence is still a minority. And this is understandable, because until recently, its price was very, very high, to which we must add that compatible motherboards were virtually all high-end, which further increased the final cost of assembling the fastest memory PC on the market. Beware, this is not a criticism, it is common that the latest technologies are initially expensive, but later become popular.

In the case of DDR5 RAM, we also have an immediate shock, and that’s it next-generation processors will go for DDR5 at the expense of DDR4. In the case of AMD, we have already been able to confirm that the Ryzen 7000 will only be compatible with this type of memory, which added to the socket change will force those who want to upgrade the PC to this new generation to change the CPU. , RAM and motherboard ..

Before the launch of Alder Lake, Intel was speculated about the possibility of betting exclusively on DDR5. At that time, however, the offer was still very sparse and expensive, so he decided quite sensibly that the twelfth generation would also support DDR4. Now the big question is whether Raptor Lake will retain this compatibilityeven if Intel pushes towards DDR5, or it will finally be as exhausting as AMD, betting only on a new generation of memory.

Be that as it may in the case of Intel, it is clear that it is DDR5 is a future that is becoming present every minuteand the main indicator of this is its prices. Prices, which have been falling for some time and which, according to Computerbase, have seen an increase in the rate of decline, p a drop of up to 20% in just one month. On average, the price of a gigabyte of DDR5 memory fell from 15 euros at the end of 2021 to about five euros at the beginning of June

In other words, Equipping our computer with DDR5 memory right now can only cost a third of what it would cost just six months ago, a decline so significant that it undoubtedly already puts us at a time when the possibility of DDR5 is already approaching all pockets. And if you were interested, the price of DDR4 RAM would also fall, but much less significantly.

We will have to wait a few more months for the arrival of Ryzen 7000 and Raptor Lake, a time when the average price of DDR5 memory may fall even more (although it seems difficult to keep up the pace recorded during May), which will lead to a jump to this The new generation of memory, hand in hand with the new generation of processors, is massive. And when you add PCIe 5 to AMD and the new generation of NVIDIA and AMD graphics, we can prepare for a good performance jump.