> DDR4 RAM is quite expensive, though. True, but it is a major upgrade. The i7-3770 supports two channels of DDR3-1600 memory, or 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidt

> DDR4 RAM is quite expensive, though. True, but it is a major upgrade. The i7-3770 supports two channels of DDR3-1600 memory, or 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth. A Ryzen processor (or other recent generation) supports DDR4-3200, which literally doubles your memory bandwidth. Fortunately or unfortunately, we now have much faster PCIe SSDs so memory bandwidth isn't as crucial for normal use, but a 100% improvement is a much better reason to upgrade than a measly 10% bump.