I built a PC in 2017 with an Intel i5 7500, GTX 1070, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM mainly for gaming. Recently, I've shifted to photography and some video editing, and I feel that my CPU is the bottleneck. I'm considering upgrading to a mid-high end CPU, possibly from AMD, but I realized that this means getting a new motherboard too, especially since DDR5 RAM is now available. Given the crazy RAM prices lately, I'm wondering: can I reuse my current DDR4 RAM, or will I have to buy new ones regardless?
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What speed and latency does your RAM have? Generally, you can reuse DDR4 RAM on both LGA 1700 and AM4 platforms, which are quite modern now.
I checked, and it's 2400MHz.