1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,400 Faster is better with many things in life, including today's topic, DDR5 memory. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,880 So let's get right into it. DDR5 is expected to be twice as fast as DDR4, 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,880 which mainstream PCs have been using for years now. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:18,040 Initially, the manufacturing goal for DDR5 was to run kits at 4,800 megahertz, 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,720 which is double DDR4's standard speed of 2,400 megahertz. 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,920 But of course, many of us are running our DDR4 kits 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,000 at 3,000 megahertz and beyond today, 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,900 meaning the stock improvements don't seem to be that impressive at face value. 9 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,240 That's why the powers that be decided to kick it up a notch 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:42,500 and SK Hynex, a major manufacturer of DRAM, has come out and stated it wants to roll out kits 11 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:46,560 that can get up to 8,400 megahertz. 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,240 Whoa. But realistically, consumers looking to snag some memory 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:56,100 for their home systems should get used to seeing kits somewhere in the 4,800 to 6,400 megahertz range. 14 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:00,820 With DDR5 8,400, mostly being targeted at the server market. 15 00:01:00,820 --> 00:01:05,780 And regardless of what speed you get, DDR5 can be accessed while some of its memory banks 16 00:01:05,780 --> 00:01:10,020 are being refreshed, which should cut down on latency and further improve performance. 17 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:13,140 But as is tradition, higher speeds will counterintuitively 18 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:17,460 come with lower power consumption thanks to shrinking transistor sizes. 19 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:21,500 The standard voltage for DDR5 is going to be just 1.1 volts 20 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:25,180 down from the reference of 1.2 volts in DDR4. 21 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:30,380 And although this isn't going to mean a ton for desktop computing, lower power consumption overall 22 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:33,420 should help extend the battery life of mobile devices 23 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:38,380 at least a little bit. Another result of smaller transistors is greater density. 24 00:01:38,380 --> 00:01:41,420 And I don't mean that your memory modules will sink faster 25 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:47,140 in a cup of water. I'm talking about storage density. How many gigabytes each module can hold? 26 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:51,620 This is expected to roughly double. So you might see 16 Gigabyte sticks 27 00:01:51,620 --> 00:01:55,980 become a lot more common than they are right now. But hold on a minute there, Jamesy boy. 28 00:01:55,980 --> 00:02:00,180 You're talking about DDR5 like it's something coming out in the future, even though you've seen 29 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:04,040 that you can get your hands on it right now. What's up with that? 30 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,980 Well, here's the thing. Just like many other kinds of bleeding edge tech, 31 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:12,100 availability for Joe consumer will effectively be non-existent 32 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:16,060 for some time. Although we have seen variants of DDR5 incorporated 33 00:02:16,060 --> 00:02:19,740 into high-end smartphones, you can't yet get your hands 34 00:02:19,740 --> 00:02:25,080 on a couple of sticks for your desktop PC. There isn't a current consumer platform that supports it. 35 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:30,280 And next generations of both Intel and AMD CPUs do out later this year are still going 36 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,440 to be based around DDR4. Indeed, aside from the aforementioned smartphones 37 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:40,400 that will benefit from DDR5's lower power consumption, we're more likely to see DDR5 show up in servers first, 38 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,880 as DDR5 has more robust error checking capabilities 39 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,480 than older generations of RAM, which will be useful for data operations that need 40 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,640 to be up and running basically all the time. 41 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:56,120 Current market estimates don't expect DDR5 to really start becoming widespread in consumer PCs 42 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:02,160 or servers until late 2021. And it will likely represent less than half of the DRAM market 43 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:08,440 until at least mid 2022. So don't wait around for DDR5 platform to come out 44 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,800 if you're thinking about upgrading your rig or you're building a new one this year. 45 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:18,400 But that isn't to say that it won't be a cool piece of tech when it does come out, especially as AMD's new CPU 46 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,200 architectures have made RAM performance a lot more important than it was just a few years ago. 47 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,720 I'm just hoping that when DDR5 does become the standard, 48 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:31,400 roller coaster RAM prices won't force me to take out a sketchy paycheck alone just 49 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,480 to get my hands on some. The interest rates is so high. 50 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,760 So thanks for watching, guys. 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