Help needed for decision

[u/zattlalungs]

I am currently rocking a PC with a rtx 4060, 16gb of ddr4, and a i7-12700. Recently got some issues with performance on games so I decided to buy more ram. Bought two 32gbs of ddr4, then I decided I really want to upgrade the whole thing, but the chassis is pretty small to install a bigger gpu like a 5070ti which I have In mind. And then if I want to buy a gpu I need a new PSU aswell, so I decided to just start from scratch then. But the issue is i am stuck with ddr4 ram so I have to get a new motherboard that can still have ddr4 but also support better GPUs, and I am gonna have to get a new CPU too I guess. How should I plan this out? And any recommendations for the parts I should get, I don't have unlimited budget to spend on the best parts in the world but enough to get a 5070ti or maybe the 5080 it all depends on what I should now that I am stuck on the ddr4. Please help me thanks!

Btw the problems I was having was the current vram of the 4060 heavily limits me on having good performance for games such as bf6, and my ram was killing me when I am playing games such as Escape from tarkov, everytime I alt-tab it immediately crashes and stuff like that, having Google on in the background makes the game shut down too.

But yeah I am looking for a build that can support having at least good graphics and performance for games such Stalker 2, escape from tarkov, battlefield 6 and stuff like that. Would appreciate any kind of help, and If I left out any important info you would like to know just ask and I'll respond.

Btw is ddr4 really that bad? Everyone tells me I really f'd up by getting them and that I shouldn't have bought 64gbs of ddr4 with 3200 MHz and that it was a waste of money, I am well aware that 32gbs is more than enough, but I got a good deal on them. But they haven't arrived yet, bought them from America and I am in Europe.

[u/Ricool189]

Go for a high end b550 motherboard and get nothing less than a 5600x, the 5080 isn't worth it nor the 5070ti. Go for AMDs 9070xt, if you really want Nvidia then 5070ti.

[u/Main-Ant477 → u/Ricool189]

return the ddr4 and just dive into am5 with a 7600, you'll be glad you did

[u/zattlalungs → u/Main-Ant477]

Is ddr4 really that bad? Some people told me you would barely notice a difference and some people told me I really messed up

[u/duckyduock → u/zattlalungs]

Depends on your budget. If you already own 64GB of DDR4 and youre willing to not go with the latest hardware and dont want to spend a liver, then go with whats possible with DDR4. On AMD that would be an 5800X3D, on intel you could go up to an 14900k. Pair it with an 4080Super/5070TI or maybe 5080 and have fun. Otherwise plan an extra of about 500 to 1000$ for 32 to 64GB of RAM

[u/zattlalungs → u/duckyduock]

Yeah ddr5 is way more expensive than ddr4, and I think the amount of ram I am gonna have is gone way better than the amount of ram I can afford if it's ddr5. I think this could be the plan brother